Chapter 14 Procrastination
The other Burmese officers and soldiers looked at the scene in front of them and burst into tears. After experiencing the painful lesson, they all knew that they could not rush up and launch an attack. In this case, facing a huge blow, they could only comfort themselves with crying.
And this is a sea of joy on the city wall. More than 100 Burmese soldiers explained this, but no one in the Qing army was injured or killed! What kind of attack power is this!
Chen Shiqing made a wish silently in his heart, hoping that this was his last time to experience such a cruel thing personally. He looked at the Burmese people in the distance, and he knew that a bigger storm should be tomorrow. Tomorrow, these Burmese people will vent the power of hatred on the walls of Shiguan, and charge regardless of life and death. After they are ready, tomorrow will bring a real threat to Shiguan.
Because the daytime battle made everyone very tired, Chen Shiqing arranged for the Qing army to be divided into two teams to guard the war. When one team was guarding, the other team went to sleep and rest to prepare for the next day's battle.
Chen Shiqing kept recalling Chen Youqing's atrocities during the day in his mind, and always felt that this was a nightmare. He did not take action to stop all this. According to the law, he was a participant in violence.
Thinking of this, Chen Shiqing felt extremely painful in his heart. He just killed him. Why bother torture him like this?
"Young Master, aren't sleeping yet?" Zhang Huaide appeared in front of Chen Shiqing with a smile.
Chen Shiqing smiled slightly, nodded and said, "I can't sleep."
Zhang Huaide sat next to Chen Shiqing silently. After a long time, hesitated and said, "Young Master, I feel a little uncomfortable when I see you today. Do you think those Burmese women are dead too miserable and you can't stand it?"
Chen Shiqing nodded expressionlessly, "I can't stand it. Just kill them, why bother torture them like this?"
Zhang Huaide smiled, "There are tens of thousands of women in our Qing Dynasty killed by them. Which one did not die of torture?"
"You can't use violence to avoid violence. Learn good people but not them. Do you want to be the same as them?" Chen Shiqing retorted.
"Young master, if you want to help more people, you can't be ruthless! Only by making them afraid of you, can they conquer others with virtue, and can they have conscience, otherwise, they are not afraid of you, so why should they listen to you? Only by making them afraid of you, they dare not resist. If they are not afraid of you, there will be more people they resist. Not only us, but more people will die!" Zhang Huaide patiently persuaded.
Chen Shiqing was silent again. What Zhang Huaide said makes sense. The army needs to be stimulated, otherwise he will collapse first. In history, a large army has gone on a war, traveling thousands of miles, and half of the people who died of illness on the road. If he still strictly abide by the discipline, the army would have collapsed long ago and he must stimulate them as he pleases.
Countless armies also relied on robbing money, grain and women as a way to stimulate the Qing Dynasty. This was how he entered the pass, and of course he would further educate the entire Qing army with such traditions. In fact, sometimes it was cruel, and it seemed that it could effectively reduce resistance and combat, thereby truly reducing casualties and killings.
Violence and kindness, wearing different cloaks, do the opposite. Violence is to better implement benevolent government, but kindness may cause more people to die tragically.
"Young Master, you suddenly changed a lot." Zhang Huaide said hesitantly.
"Is that so? Where did I change?" Chen Shiqing asked vigilantly.
"Haha, the young master in the past was not so bold. With so many wonderful ideas, he would even think of sneaking into Shiguan. Master, have you been possessed by some gods or have you been advised by Erlang Zhenjun?" Zhang Huaide asked with a smile.
Chen Shiqing disdained Zhang Huaide. He thought Zhang Huaide was suspicious of his identity. Since it was not possible, that would be the best.
"Old Zhang, sleep well. There will be war tomorrow. The Burmese people suffered such a big loss today and would not let it go. After they calmed down, the enemies we will face tomorrow will be much stronger than today. I am really afraid we can't resist it!" Chen Shiqing said worriedly. After all, the number of Burmese people is about twenty times that of the Qing army. This battle really makes people feel unconfident.
Zhang Huaide looked at Chen Shiqing's departure back and always felt a strange feeling, but he could not tell what this feeling was. It is said that people will always grow up. The young master is now seventeen years old. Is he really old? So he has grown up now and is no longer the stupid young master?
The next morning, the Burmese were not idle early in the morning. The Qing army had just had breakfast, and the Burmese couldn't wait to start arguing, but at least they did not launch an attack directly.
"I said Chen Shiqing, do we have to fight around? Can't we negotiate?" Jianchai shouted at the top of his throat, outside the range of the bow and arrow.
Chen Shiqing didn't expect that Jae Kuai would come to discuss peace with him. He was a little unexpected and asked with a smile: "Okay, why don't you ask me to talk about how we negotiate? Are there any conditions?"
Seeing Chen Shiqing's mouth relaxed, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Chen, you have so many people who have taken such a great risk to attack our Burmese Chengguan. I believe you are also trying to get promoted and make a fortune? In fact, many things can be negotiated. Isn't it just for money? Why not do this? We will give money to ask for money, and we will give you military achievements. How about asking for you to let us go?"
Chen Shiqing had no intention of controversy with Shiqing at all, but time was beneficial to Chen Shiqing. If he could delay, Chen Shiqing certainly hoped to delay for a while. After all, he only had more than fifty people, and the number of opponents was too large. If he had a strong attack, he might not be able to withstand the Burmese attack.
At the same time, Chen Shiqing was also waiting for Fu Kang'an's army to come to help quickly. Aina returned to the Qing army camp to report the news. In addition, Fu Kang'an led his troops to advance quickly, which took about three or four days. Considering that Fu Kang'an and Agui were both famous generals who could use troops, they should first mobilize an elite unit of 500,000 people to quickly rush to Shiguan to stabilize the defense of Shiguan.
Chapter completed!