The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 333 Give Him a Show of Power
Teng Yuzhao paused and looked at Wei Jinghai again.

"Tell me about our preparations for evacuating the capital."

These generals were not surprised by Teng Yuzhao's announcement of evacuating the capital.

Teng Yuzhao had already said that in the capital, they only wanted to deal a certain blow to the coalition forces, delay the opponent's offensive pace, and eventually withdraw.

Now, what they have to think about is how to proceed, where to retreat to, and from which direction to break out.

Wei Jinghai looked at the open book in his hand and said, "Although most of the food and other supplies in the capital had been transported away before the foreign devils surrounded the city, sorghum, corn, a small amount of millet, and some soybeans and adzuki beans were also distributed to the people in the city."

"But there are so many kinds of food in the city. There are nearly five million kilograms of rice, flour, millet and beans. These are for our vanguard army to eat. But if we want to evacuate the capital, it will be inconvenient for us to take so much food with us."

"Because once we break out, the foreign devils will definitely chase us closely."

More than five million kilograms of grain is actually not a lot. It is the amount used by more than 70,000 vanguard troops and numerous pack horses and war horses for more than a month. If they really want to take it away, it is not a big problem.

However, such a large amount of food would inevitably slow down the marching speed after the breakout. He and Wei Jinghai had already considered this before the meeting.

At this time, Wei Jinghai was just reporting the situation to these generals.

The most important thing is that after Li Xianze's Second Mixed Brigade and Li Yaoting's Security Office, as well as the baggage camp's hard work day and night, the large amount of gold, silver and valuables that Teng Yuzhao collected from various government offices, treasuries, dignitaries and wealthy merchants in the capital, even including large amounts of cloth, cotton, furs and other military supplies, have now been safely transported away.

These things are now being kept safely in Li Yulin's camp office.

When Teng Yuzhao submitted a memorial stating his wish to move the Vanguard Army's camp office to Luzhou Prefecture, the camp office had already begun to move to Luzhou. After Wu Peifu brought back the approval from the Grand Council, the camp office has now moved into Luzhou Prefecture and taken over the defense of Shexian and Luzhou.

At this time, a large amount of gold and silver, much of which should have been transferred, with the cooperation of the Security Department, in the name of non-existent remitters, through major money houses in Zhili and Shanxi, after a complex process of remittance, withdrawal and deposit, finally to Aurora Bank and other companies controlled by Teng Yuzhao.

All this money will eventually flow into the vault of Aurora Bank.

"Also, the prisoners and seriously injured have already been transferred away. Dean Lin will introduce the conditions of the injured."

Lin Lianhui stood up and said, "Reporting to the Marshal and all the generals, the seriously injured and the extra medicines in the field hospital have already been transferred to Yi County. The only ones left are the wounded from the recent harassment war. To evacuate, we need some vehicles to transport the wounded. There is no problem with the rest."

The vanguard troops were not short of medicines now. The commanders of the US and British coalition forces were trustworthy and had sent a large amount of medicines. They even sent two military doctors each to ensure that their wounded received timely treatment.

Teng Yuzao nodded and looked at Li Yaoting who had been listening quietly, and said, "Hanhun, please inform everyone about the situation in the country involving our vanguard army."

Li Yaoting stood up and reported to the generals about the spontaneous organization of the "Vanguard Army Support Association" by people from all over the country and the establishment of the "Strong Country Society". Then he sat back in his seat and continued to listen and observe.

Teng Yuzhao asked Li Yaoting to report the news before the meeting. Teng Yuzhao's purpose was to boost the confidence of these generals and cheer them up.

Teng Yuzhao wanted to let these people know that the vanguard army, including himself, had now received the support and solidarity of a lot of people. They were not fighting alone, nor did they only have the support of the court. They also had other support besides the court.

this point is very important.

Teng Yuzhao believed that it would be beneficial to let his generals realize this earlier.

Only then did Teng Yuzao stand up and speak.

"I think you all understand that the current situation has indeed reached the point where we must evacuate."

"It is written in the "Records of the Grand Historian" and "The Biography of Chunshen Jun" that if you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. Since we have decided to evacuate before the large number of foreign devils' reinforcements arrive, we must implement our plan as soon as possible. It is better to do it sooner rather than later." Teng Yuzao changed the subject and said, "But it is not so easy to leave. When we harass the foreign devils, they have no good way to deal with it. But if we want to withdraw the whole army, it will not be so easy."

"So, if you want to leave, you have to find a way to leave. I think you should have seen that there will be a major action tonight."

"I can officially tell you now that not only are we leaving, but we are leaving at dawn tomorrow."

There will be a major operation tonight or early tomorrow morning. These generals have already sensed it from the fact that Teng Yuzhao arranged for their troops to take a quick rest. However, they were somewhat surprised that they were about to break out and leave the capital.

Liu Shijiu said, "Marshal, if we are to leave, we will naturally go through the west city. Let our assault squadron be the vanguard, and I will make sure that we will kill all the Japanese in the west."

"Marshal, I also think we should break out from the west," said Hu Dianjia.

Teng Yuzao nodded and said, "If we want to break out, we must go from the west. Baoding is the provincial capital of Zhili. After we break out, the foreign devils will not only chase us closely, but they will also send troops to occupy Baoding."

"Once we leave Xicheng, we can advance all the way to the southwest, fighting and retreating, and eventually, lure the foreign devils into the mountainous area. Taihang Mountain will be our main battlefield in the fight against the foreign devils."

Teng Yuzao took a sip of tea and then said with a smile, "Although we will start to break out from the west tomorrow morning, we still have to use tonight to teach the foreign devils a lesson."

"Ningbo will give you the specific battle plan later, but I can reveal some of it to you first. We are going to make a feint to the east and attack the west to divert the foreign devils and create more favorable conditions for our breakout."

"But our feint to the east is not a bluff. We are not only going to fight for real, but we are going to fight hard."

Li Xianze said excitedly, "The Marshal means that before we leave, we have to destroy the German troops in the east of the city!"

"Correct!"

Teng Yuzao smiled and said, "We must destroy this group of German troops."

"Among the coalition forces, the German and Russian armies have stronger combat effectiveness. In battle, they are more resilient and tenacious, and are tough to deal with. We must take advantage of the fact that these German troops have just arrived in the capital, have not suffered a big loss from us, and are not yet alert enough, to give them a heavy blow."

"It would be even better if we could wipe out this group of German troops in one fell swoop, and also give the main German army that is about to arrive a warning."

"Commander."

Liu Nineteen stood up and shouted loudly, "Let our assault column be the vanguard."

Before Teng Yuzao could say anything, Hu Dianjia said with a chuckle, "Brother Liu, you were the forward when you fought against the Japanese devils, and now you are fighting against the Germans again. Can you give us some of the credit?"

Hu Dianjia's words made everyone laugh.

Liu Shijiu smiled indifferently and said, "Brother Xuanqing, you have to think about your brother and our assault column. You and Kangnian are both assistant commanders, and I am still a captain of the assault column without an official title in the court. You have to give me more opportunities."

"Let my brother have a taste of being a commander sooner, so that the assault column can be transformed into the Fourth Mixed Brigade sooner. Don't you think this makes sense?"

Originally, Hu Dianjia wanted to argue again, but after hearing Liu Shijiu's next words, he not only pursed his lips, but also did not say another word in the end.

Li Xianze, who was also very tempted, looked unwilling, but in the end he did not say anything.

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