C1565 oil and salt stagnation (1/2)
In the human world, there are too many things that you can't do anything about. To be an official in the Great Qing, you have to put more than half of your energy into personnel, and not only that, you have to use up a lot of money.
That's why you want to be a good official! That's why Old Lin was convinced, when the imperial government ceded the land east of Wusuli River, the grieving Hun Chun did not watch. He did not even accept the order to retreat, and fought a war between the vanguard of the eastern and Russian s.
It was a battle that would not be recorded in the annals of history. The Qing Empire and Russia had made it a border conflict and it was a misunderstanding. In that bloody battle, Hun Chun realized how powerful his fighting strength was. Even with three times his military strength, she was unable to bite onto his opponent, and each time his opponent counterattacked, they were able to pierce through her army's formation.
No matter if it was physical fitness, tactical training, or weapons and equipment … Even the spirit of a battle was not on the same level. It was impossible to lose such a battle.
Hun Chun did not send her men to die for nothing. As soon as sshe saw that things were over, he had no choice but to go back and accept the terms of the Beijing treaty. At that time, Sha Russia's power in the Far East was also very small, and he did not even establish a supply line.
The citizens of the Great Qing did not know about this small scale battle, but the soldiers of the Ningguta could not forget this humiliation that had always been in their hearts. The soldiers of the Hun Chun were also venting their anger, he had been waiting for the imperial government to think of a way to restore her lost territory.
”The east side of Wusuli River is where our Ningguta defenses are. They don't care about us …”
Old Lin choked and said, ”But every year we wait, every year we train, and the result is every year we are disappointed! The imperial government seems to have forgotten about this matter. Let alone increasing the soldiers' pay, even the military pay is not enough! ”
”Do you know how much military pay was paid at the lowest point? Three discounts! What the heck! Look at the weapons in our hands! ”You know what our lives are like …”
Old Lin shook his head excitedly, ”We are so poor that we can barely keep the pot boiling. How can we afford to send gifts? The land of gold powder in the Beijing, is that a place a bunch of men like us can go? What do we do if we don't ride the wall? Before this battle, who the hell would want to take another look at us? Who paid any attention to us? ”
”Don't say anymore …” Hun Chun's tears started to fall. After nine years of suffering, she really couldn't bear to look back, he would rather die than lose her dignity in front of a woman.
”To eat this bowl of rice you have to do this bad! The men had to suppress their hearts, no matter what other people said! As long as we can live up to our conscience with every step we take! ”
”Lord Fog, you don't know what kind of life we have in the past, nor do you know why we made such a choice … After all, the imperial court is that court, we have no choice but to listen! If you say we're unpopular, I'll admit it! My Hun Chun cannot tell a woman what's right and wrong … ”
”Who dares to say that the general is heartless? ”I'll fight it out with him …” Old Lin jumped up as the veins on her neck popped out. He pointed at the Sister Wu disciple and roared, ”We have no one in this world? If we didn't have people, would we go to the banks of the Sallin River to stop the enemy? If we had no people, why would we use so many military supplies to gather elite soldiers here? ”Do you think our silver came from the wind …”
The flesh on Old Lin's face started to tremble as he looked at Hidden Fog Kid's sorrowful face, ”It's not that we don't want to fight! We really can't beat him! You are an intelligence agent too, so you should be clear about the armed forces of the Cossack, as well as ours! ”
”The opposing party has two horses. In the entire Ningguta, there are only around 20,000 horses. The rest are just infantry soldiers … The other side already equipped a new type of rapid-fire rifle, while we still have big sabre and lance! Even if you were to use your life, it wouldn't be so useless! ”
”So let me be clear! Lord Fog … These soldiers under us are the only way for us to survive! Without these loyal soldiers, anyone can pinch us to death! You want us to be cannon fodder to help your brave soldiers block the Cossack? ”Hehe, no way!”
This was the foundation of a martial general's existence. There was no fool that would finish off his own direct line of descent, and only idiots would do the work of marrying other people.