Liu Yongjiang had studied in a private school for a few years.
It was also an attempt to walk the path of the imperial examination.
However, he still failed in the end.
This person was quite interesting.
He liked to read military books. Most importantly, Zhang Mu could tell last night that this kid was definitely not ordinary. He actually knew the layout of the military camp very well.
He set fire to that place. That was the weak spot. This kid knew it very well.
This could already be considered a talent.
Even though he still needed to be nurtured.
"Are you willing to come with me?" Zhang Mu looked at Liu Yongjiang." I think you're not bad. You're a talent!"”
Liu Yongjiang looked at Zhang Mu. To be honest, he thought he was dead last night. He just didn't expect that Zhang Mu, the bandit leader, was really different. He didn't kill all of them.
Where to go?
Following Zhang Mu as a bandit, he would take a gamble and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.
Perhaps, in case, he might also become a prime minister.
Or…
Continue to be a Qing soldier and be a small team officer?
With a plan in mind, Liu Yongjiang said,"Chief, just like you said, do I have any other way out? So what if I take the money and go home?”
Zhang Mu smiled and patted Liu Yongjiang's shoulder.""You're right. We already have no way out!”
The number of Qing soldiers who were willing to stay was about 200.
Zhang Mu's 300-man team also expanded to 500 people.
In addition, there were twenty-seven ships. Zhang Mu kept his promise and gave every captive the travel fee to go home.
There were many reasons why people were unwilling to follow Zhang Mu.
Or they had married and had children. They couldn't leave and couldn't take risks.
Either that or they felt that there was no future for them to follow Zhang Mu and that they would be treated as bandits and be exterminated by the Qing army sooner or later.
All in all, there were all kinds of reasons.
Zhang Mu also registered the names of these people one by one.
In the future, he might be able to use it at any time.
It was just that writing with a brush was too big. It was best to write in simplified Chinese. It would be even better if he could make a pencil.
Zhang Mu felt that he still needed to wait.
He would wait until he had a stable territory.
He definitely could not give her too much money. In the future, he would have to continue using it.
However, he still had to give it to her.
This was a matter of credibility.
Not only for the enemy to see, but also for their own people to see.
Reputation was something that was given to one's own people if not to the enemy.
The team expanded.
They had replenished the combat strength of 500 people.
However, Zhang Mu was not at ease with the two hundred newcomers. They had not received any training.
Once a battle really broke out, their combat quality would still be inferior to the three hundred people he had trained for a month.
But even so, Zhang Mu was already satisfied.
With 200 people controlling 27 warships, the 300 of them were enough to attack Yangzhou City.
The most important thing was to catch them off guard.
The Qing soldiers would never have thought that he would attack Yangzhou City. He would take as many things as he could. Most importantly, he would break the granary of Yangzhou City and let the disaster victims get the food.
He sat on the warship.
Now, the 500 soldiers under his command had been completely changed into the clothes of the river defense unit.
There was still food on the ship.
There was also wine and meat.
After the five hundred soldiers had a full meal, they were also in high spirits.
Zhang Mu's mind was still simulating the next step of his plan to attack Yangzhou City.
His plan was very simple. It was to be fast.
As the saying goes, speed is the most important thing in war.
The news that he had broken through the river defense camp would definitely not reach Yangzhou in a short period of time.
A time difference.
Yangzhou would definitely be caught off guard.
Then, this was his confidence to attack Yangzhou.
After messing up Yangzhou, he would take the opportunity to leave.
"Usually, I'm the one who counts the boats that Manager Sun brings!”
Liu Yongjiang quickly said," I've been to Yangzhou once. There are at least 200 ships at Yangzhou Port's water transport dock. These ships are specialized in water transport. They are much more imposing than our ships!"”
"How many people can it accommodate?" Zhang Mu asked.
"About five to six hundred people. There's also food. We can store a lot of food!”Liu Yongjiang recalled carefully.
Zhang Mu nodded, and Liu Yongjiang could not help but say,"Chief, are you planning to incite the disaster victims to cause trouble and then let some commoners join us to take the opportunity to expand our team?”
"Yes, and no!"
Zhang Mu glanced at Liu Yongjiang and said slowly,""Instigating the disaster victims to cause trouble is not our main goal. Our main goal is to break into the granary of Yangzhou City and distribute the food to the disaster victims. This is the first and fundamental goal. Once the disaster victims were incited and started to cause trouble, it would go out of control and cause a large number of casualties. "Second, our request is very simple. We want the disaster victims to accept our control and listen to our orders. We need to bring enough food, enough people, and enough supplies to move. Alright, tell me about the situation of the Yangzhou Green Army!”
Liu Yongjiang was very familiar with it.
Yangzhou was a big city and a military town.
Naturally, there was also the Green Army.
There were about 3,000 people.
However, Liu Yongjiang revealed a key piece of information to Zhang Mu.
There are cannons in Yangzhou City.
There were a total of eight Invincible General Cannons.
Zhang Mu was stunned when he heard the news.
Eight Invincible Divine General Cannons.
During the San Fan Rebellion, the Qing army had dragged them to Yangzhou to resist Geng Jingzhong.
However, it did not come in handy.
Later, it was troublesome to transport them, so they were directly placed on the city walls of Yangzhou.
However, Liu Yongjiang wasn't sure if there were any shells.
"If there are artillery shells, if the Qing army isn't paying attention, shoot them!”Zhang Mu began to ponder. His initial plan was to just grab one vote and leave.
However, if he could occupy Yangzhou City for more time.
Then, the resources and benefits he could obtain would only be greater.
"It seems that I have to deal with the specific situation!”Zhang Mu had a plan in his mind.
Time passed by.
In the distance, Yangzhou City had already appeared in Zhang Mu's sight.
This was Yangzhou Harbor, just as Liu Yongjiang had said.
There were more than two hundred ships, some of which were the imperial court's specialized water transport ships, some of which were merchants 'ships, and some of which were smuggling ships.
"Get ready to attack Yangzhou City!”
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