"Is this Wuhu?"

The fleet sailed to the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Qingge River, and Zhu Tao looked at Wuhu City on the shore, which had obviously caused riots.

After all, they all saw the Qing army defeat with their own eyes.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhai Dacheng ran away simply and quickly, and the fire ship offensive naturally ended, and the remaining Qing troops surrendered one after another.

All the big guys behind him ran away, and they were still fighting for nothing.

Even some people who have made up their minds and worked hard to get angry when they see this.

Therefore, the sea and sand ships behind the four red single ships had no fight at all, so they easily reached the destination of this time - Wuhu!

Wuhu is not an optional city. It has been the famous "Jiangdong Famous City" and "Wu and Chu Famous District" that have been famous for thousands of years. It was the most important copper production base in the country during the Han and Tang dynasties. In the middle and late Zhuming period, it became the most famous pulp and dyeing center in Jiangnan, and now it has become one of the "Four Rice Markets".

Although it is not as good as Wuxi, the latter was the Taihu Basin, the grain concentration area of ​​Liangzhe and the most famous grain market in Jiangnan during the Qianlong period, with an annual throughput of 70 to 8 million stones. The grain stack capacity is the highest among the southeastern provinces, and the grain processing industry is also one of the five largest rice milling centers in the country.

But this does not mean that Wuhu is optional.

The grain transaction volume here is also quite considerable, not to mention that this is the most important pulp dyeing center and copper manufacturing center in Jiangnan.

Anyway, it is a very famous city along the river.

If Chen Jun could 'loot' this place, it would be a great shock to the entire Yangtze River line!

Of course, the most important thing is that there are not many Qing troops in this place at all.

The Qing army in Jiangnan has now concentrated in Jiangning, Zhenjiang and Taihu River basins.

Wuhu has a lot of weight, which is even worse than Jiangning, Zhenjiang and Suzhou.

The local government could only spontaneously build militia.

But these things can be easily done.

Look at the group training that started everywhere in the late Qing Dynasty. Apart from the teams formed by Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and others, how did the others succeed?

If you want to make a group training, you must have the support of the government.

This often leads to the government.

This Qing Dynasty official could even make a serious businessman. Isn’t it even more ridiculous to use them to build militias?

There are also one or two thousand militia members in Wuhu now on the books.

But now there are only seven or eight hundred people who can gather, and they are not satisfied with the city wall. Apart from dozens of broken earth walls, they still guard the city of small cannons such as mountain-splitting cannons.

The fleet penetrated along the Qingge River outside the southern city wall of Wuhu. Hundreds of cannons bombarded the city heads. Four sea ships and four sand ships were loaded with Chen Jun rushed to the shore like evil tigers.

Although the number of people is only one thousand, it easily controls the entire city.

From the warship firing to the Chen army controlling the city gates of Wuhu, the entire battle took less than an hour, and there were even more than ten casualties.

More importantly, the intensity of this battle was very low, and neither the Chen army nor the Qing army had much casualties, so the city was not damaged and was basically preserved intact. This was really ideal for Chen Jun, who was determined to seize property, livestock and food.

However, although Chen Jun was "killing, burning, looting", this "killing, burning, looting" was also a big deal. It was not as unscrupulous as the Tartars when they entered the pass, nor did they treat everyone equally regardless of the care.

Chen Jun's killing was only targeted at the resisters.

Burning is only for the government.

For example, some Qing government officials burned the grain warehouses that could not be moved and used up in one go; some official workshops, such as the Medicine and Powder Bureau, the Military Bureau, and the Grassland, the Inspection Department, and the Taxation Bureau, all burned the fire.

But you cannot set fire to the yamen. The yamen is not just a simple place where the officials are well-versed in making cases. There are also a large amount of copywriting archives stored there, recording the most basic information about the local Dingkou, land, taxation, etc. It is easy to burn it and then difficult to rebuild it.

Of course, the robbery is also targeted at the government and local high-ranking high-ranking companies with official backgrounds.

Chen Jun not only robs money, but also robs people.

Plunder refers to the plunder of large and medium-sized livestock in the local area, especially cattle, horse, mule, donkey, and various vehicles and ships.

In theory, Chen Jun gave money and food, and used it locally, but how could he cover everything in actual operation?

No matter what, this is a huge harm to those places - Wuhu, for example.

The day in Wuhu City was filled with tears, and even some people who received compensation were heartbroken.

And the families of the boatman who was ‘recruited’!

This is a strategy formulated by Zhu Tao and his team before they set off - to recruit ships and people on the spot to carry materials back.

They all have wages.

The money and food are given quite generously.

However, the people nowadays do not understand this policy and only think that they will not be able to come back as soon as they leave. In this case, Chen Jun gave not much money and food.

Everything has to be spread out little by little.

Wuhu is the first batch. Only with the first batch can there be a second batch. Only with a difficult start can there be an easy follow-up.

When the first, second, and third batch of requisitioned people came back with silver, grain, etc., when these things came in Jiangnan, wouldn’t it be much easier for the fourth and fifth batches?

At the same time, Chen Jun also established a reputation among the people.

certainly.

If so many people are spreading, some people will inevitably be unable to control their own slutty mouths and hands, or even their belts.

The former will be punished by whips and whips. You must remember that it must be kept in file. What will affect your entire life in the future. Whether it is promotion or resettlement after retirement, it will be affected.

But these punishments are nothing compared to the latter.

Those things that can't control their belts all have to be guns.

Of course they can also apply to join the suicide camp.

But after entering, they can never come out again, and the superiors will treat them as dead people.

What’s even more tragic is that after such death, their relatives could not even get a pension - they would just eat guns, or they would be given half or the treatment of military families would be given half - this was the choice to join the suicide camp.

Zhang Kesheng stood in front of Zhu Tao with a pale face. He never expected that among the few servants in his family, there was actually a secret spy of Chen Jun.

Then not only was he "invited" himself, but many of his friends, classmates, and even teachers were arrested by that damn guy.

Zhang Kesheng knew that he had been cheated, and he was cheated so hard!

Because no one else listens to what he says now.
Chapter completed!