Ding! System Message: Main Mission: Defeat Chu Jun has been released. Please take note!
Just as the Chu army arrived at Sanhe Town and was about to enter the territory of Guangdong Province, the system issued a main mission.
This was the first time Lin Yu had received a main mission, so he curiously entered the system to check.
[Mission description: As the host occupied Guangdong Province and killed the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and other important officials of the Qing court, the host's actions began to attract the attention and even vigilance of the Qing court.]
In order to eliminate the rebellion in Guangdong and Guangxi, the Qing court mobilized Zuo Zongtang and his 50,000 Chu troops to attack the Han army. This battle was related to the control of Guangdong and Guangxi.
To the host, this battle is of utmost importance. If you win, it will greatly improve the security situation in the surrounding area. It will give the host at least half a year to develop and have the opportunity to further expand its territory, occupying Min Province or even Zhejiang Province!
If it fails, the host's foundation in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions will be completely destroyed, and all the previous efforts will be in vain!
[Mission Requirement: Defeat Zuo Zongtang's Chu army and wipe out at least 20,000 Chu troops!]
[Mission Reward: In view of the importance and difficulty of this mission, if the host completes the mission, he will receive a reward of 10 million taels of silver. In addition, he will also receive 10 talent recruitment coupons!]
[Special requirements: Capturing Zuo Zongtang will give you an additional 5 million taels of silver!]
Lin Yu was shocked when he saw the mission description and reward.
Compared to the previous missions he had received, the rewards for the mission issued by the system this time were clearly more generous!
Including the special reward, if he completed all of them, he would receive 1500 taels of silver!
This was a huge sum of money!
Based on the current prices of the equipment in the system store, 15 million taels of silver was enough to buy 1.5 million rifles, 70,000 Maxim heavy machine guns, and 7000 M1897 rapid-fire cannons!
If this was not intuitive enough, one could use the current state treasury tax of the Qing Dynasty as a comparison.
The Qing court's current national treasury income was about 38 million taels of silver a year. A large part of this was customs duties.
15 million taels of silver was about 40% of the Qing court's tax revenue.
Adding on the money he had obtained from the corrupt officials of the Qing court, if he completed this mission, the money he had in his hands would be equivalent to a year's worth of taxes from the Qing court!
The Qing court used this money to support millions of soldiers!
Even if the cost of the Han army's equipment was more expensive and the soldiers 'pay was higher, with this money, Lin Yu felt that it would not be a problem to expand the army by another 30,000 to 50,000!
Therefore, he accepted the mission without hesitation!
Different from the previous missions, this time it was not a temporary mission but a main mission.
As the name suggested, the main mission was probably continuous. After accepting this mission, as long as the mission was completed, there was a high probability that there would be other follow-up missions.
This made Lin Yu look forward to it. It would be great if the rewards for the other main missions were as rich as this!
That way, he wouldn't have to worry about money!
However, considering that the system's mission had special requirements, Lin Yu decided to modify his battle plan.
They would try their best to ensure that they could capture the Chu army in one fell swoop and not let them escape!
Otherwise, even if they defeated the Chu army, if they accidentally killed or let Zuo Zongtang go, wouldn't they lose five million taels of silver for nothing?
Looking at the map in his hand, Lin Yu thought,"
How could he completely wipe out the Chu army?
Just as he was thinking, a bright light suddenly flashed in the sky, followed by a loud clap of thunder.
Hualala!
In just a few moments, it began to rain heavily.
Through the water vapor, Lin Yu saw that the Chu army of Sanhe Town was busy reinforcing the camp.
"I got it!"
An excellent idea flashed through his mind!
……
On the west side of Sanhe Town, in a water area upstream of the Meijiang River.
Originally, this was an open valley, but just now, the Han army had begun to build a dam here.
According to the traditional craftsmanship, it would take several months to build a dam.
However, the Han army used a special material-cement!
With cement, the construction speed of the dam became extremely fast. In just a day and a night, the dam was completed.
After the dam was built, the flood from the rainstorm was quickly blocked and blocked in the valley.
By the time the sky cleared the next morning, the dam had already blocked a large amount of river water from upstream.
Downstream, in Sanhe Town.
Zuo Zongtang saw that the sky had cleared up and was slightly relieved.
The storm last night was too intense, causing the river in the valley to surge.
The flood peak from the Han River had almost flooded their camp. Fortunately, the flood peak from the Mei River did not come over, and the Chu army's camp was finally saved.
"There should be a dam built by some county to stop the flood on the Meijiang River, right? I don't know which county magistrate is responsible for this. I must investigate it some other day. There are talents who attach so much importance to the construction of water conservancy facilities. I can't let them be buried!”
Zuo Zongtang had just finished sighing when he heard a rumbling sound from afar.
"What happened? Where did that sound come from?"
This voice made him feel a little uneasy. Although he did not know what it was, he became more and more anxious!
"Great, Great Marshal, the flood in the upper reaches of the Mei River is here!”
One of the soldiers ran up to him in fear and reported.
"What is it? Quickly bring me to take a look!"
Zuo Zongtang's face turned pale when he heard the news. He was extremely worried!
The camp of the Chu army was almost submerged. If the flood from the upper reaches of the Mei River came down, they would not be able to escape!
They walked to a small hill and looked up at the upper reaches of the Mei River. They saw that the flood peak upstream was like a tall water wall, sweeping downstream with an unstoppable force!
The Chu army camp in Sanhe Town would definitely be impacted by this flood peak!
"It's over, it's all over!"
After seeing the flood peak, Zuo Zongtang realized that his Chu army was doomed!
……
On Mount Longhu, they saw the flood coming from the Plum River, causing the orderly camp of the Chu army to be in a mess. Countless soldiers of the Chu army struggled in the water in fear as they were swept everywhere by the fierce flood.
Lin Yu smiled," Back then, Guan Yu drowned the seven armies and shocked the world. Today, we drowned the Chu army. I think it won't be long before we become famous!"”
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