Chapter 97: Eastward Advance (12)
On the first person in the Taiping Army in water warfare, although it is Luo Xuan, at least Wei Ze thinks so. At the military meeting held by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, for the reinforcements of the Western Expeditionary Army, Wei Ze saw that Yang Xiuqing sent Shi Dakai and Luo Outline to form a team, and immediately felt that this was the best lineup that Yang Xiuqing could come up with.
In addition to these two people, Yang Xiuqing sent his henchman Hu Yihuang, King Yu, Shi Dakai and Luo Outline to reinforce together, which made Wei Ze even more admired. Hu Yihuang is not only a group of abilities, but also a person who is extremely loyal to Yang Xiuqing, the main general, the general, and the supervising army, all three of them are extremely outstanding talents, and the possibility of failure in this battle has become extremely small.
But Wei Ze didn't know what kind of defeat he fought, and he would let Yang Xiuqing form such a team to face it. Feeling curious in his heart, Wei Ze also firmly controlled his mouth. When discussing military affairs, if Wei Ze asks questions with curiosity, he will definitely be disgusted. No one told what happened, that is, everyone felt that there was no need to talk about this problem, and how it failed had nothing to do with the formation of reinforcements at the moment.
After determining his position, Wei Ze always kept his mouth shut and listened carefully to what everyone had to say. However, at this time, it was Yang Xiuqing who talked about the most, and he pointed out the main point of the future Hukou Campaign, that is, to annihilate Zeng Guofan's troops at Hukou. In any case, Zeng Guofan's troops could not be allowed to break through the mouth of the lake and enter the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
It can be seen that the last instruction before this came out made Shi Dakai very stressed. Wei Ze was a little skeptical that the pressure on the Wing King Shi Dakai was worried that he would not be able to annihilate Zeng Guofan's troops, or whether he would end up like Wei Changhui, the king of the North, if he failed to complete Yang Xiuqing's arrangement.
But these can't be asked, Wei Ze can only be full of thoughts, but he seems to be listening to others very seriously.
Yang Xiuqing didn't mean to speak at length, and after he finished speaking, he asked Shi Dakai and others to hurry out. After Shi Dakai took the lead and left the Dongwang Mansion with brisk steps, Yang Xiuqing asked Wei Ze: "If the Wing King didn't block the Zeng Demon Head, you would have to block the Zeng Demon Head in the East and West Liang Mountain!" What can you do? ”
"The short-term solution is to erect iron locks on the surface of the river." Weese replied. The Yangtze River is wide, and there are many rivers that are four or five miles wide or even six or seven miles wide. The effective range of Weese's 12-pounder gun was only one kilometer, and it could not play a role in blocking the river at all. Not to mention the sudden drop in artillery accuracy at night. Therefore, after receiving Yang Xiuqing's order, Wei Ze combined the map, and now only Dongxiliangshan can effectively block the river. And in this era, the most effective way to block the river is to lock the river with iron.
"Iron lock Yokoe ......, hum!" Yang Xiuqing sneered after hearing Wei Ze's thoughts. At this time, Yang Xiuqing's eyes were already dark, and she looked quite scary.
Wei Ze was also shocked in his heart, but he didn't think that Yang Xiuqing had any malice in doing this, if he had malicious intentions, he could have done it early. There was no need to deliberately laugh at Weser at this time. "Your subordinates, please teach the East King!" Weeser said.
Yang Xiuqing said with a mockery: "Qin Rigang used the trick of iron lock Hengjiang in Tianjia Town, Zeng Demon Tou put a furnace on their ship, and after driving the boat into the iron lock, he burned the iron lock red and cut it off, and then rushed out of the gap!" You did the same in Dongxiliangshan, but I don't know if you can stop Zeng Demon's head. ”
Wei Ze probably understood what was happening in the upper reaches nowhere, it turned out that the defense line of Tianjiazhen was broken by the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan. As soon as Tianjia Town was broken, the Hunan army was about to attack Hukou next. Just by looking at the name of the lake, you can also look at the meaning of the text, which controls the entry and exit points of a large lake. The mouth of the lake is where Poyang Lake enters and exits the Yangtze River, and if Zeng Guofan's navy marches from Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River to break through the lake, then it can go straight down the river to Tianjing City. Along the way, it was even possible to ignore the key points on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the Taiping army did not have a naval army, so it was impossible to intercept the Hunan army's naval army.
Even if he figured this out, Weser had no other way. Limited to the current technical means, Wei Ze can only play the trick of iron lock Hengjiang. His artillery is fierce, and he can't block the Yangtze River by artillery alone. There are iron locks in the way, and even in the dark of night, you can rely on the measured shooting elements to carry out artillery bombardment. If it really can't be done, Wei Ze can only accept his fate.
Thinking of this, Wei Ze said seriously: "Subordinate, I will definitely do my best, otherwise Zeng Demon Head's ship will threaten Tianjing!" ”
After listening to Wei Ze, Yang Xiuqing sneered again, "Wei Ze, this time Qin Rigang failed in Tianjia Town, and I have already demoted him to a slave!" Although you are the king of Qi, and Qin Rigang was also the king of Yan. If you make any mistakes, I won't open up to you. Naturally, you will be reduced to a slave too! Do you know?! ”
"Are you trying to do it to me?" Weser thought to himself. He had a burst of panic and resentment in his heart, but after all, Wei Ze is a technician in the 21st century, and his friends, classmates, and family members around him are basically engaged in the mechanical, electronic, and construction industries. Engineer Biography", "Yang Men Female General's Plan Piled Up", "This Party A is Not Too Ruthless", ...... if it is a threat, Yang Xiuqing is nothing at all.
What "the design drawings can't be made, you just give me the workshop!" "Collect five hundred counts!" Such harsh words have not never become a reality.
Wei Ze thought about it, if he really lost the battle, it would not be unusual to be beheaded, but what if he was reduced to a slave? Qin Rigang was demoted to a slave after the defeat, did Wei Ze have to be offered by everyone after the defeat?
Thinking of this, Wei Ze suppressed those meaningless feelings and said seriously: "King Dong, his subordinates were frightened by King Yan's affairs, in order not to disappoint King Dong, in order not to be demoted to slaves, his subordinates will definitely redouble their efforts to defend Liangshan." However, there is a request from his subordinates to set up beacon towers in the cities between Anqing and Wuhu. Please also ask the East King to agree. ”
"Do you think the Wing King can't win the Zeng Demon Head?" Yang Xiuqing asked with a cold face.
"Of course, the subordinates hope that the Wing King can succeed and break the demon head. The subordinates wanted to set up the beacon, mainly to be able to communicate quickly. Whether there is news from Wuhu to Anqing, or from Anqing to Wuhu, it is naturally much better after having a beacon tower! Wei Ze replied, and after finishing speaking, he paused slightly, and then continued: "The subordinates know that the East and West Liangshan must not be lost, and the beacon tower is set up completely to be able to guard the East and West Liangshan!" ”
After hearing this, Yang Xiuqing stared at Wei Ze and inadvertently frowned. This is completely reasonable, Yang Xiuqing can't find any place to find a thorn. Of course, if you want to deliberately pick thorns, Yang Xiuqing can certainly pick out countless thorns from these words. But Yang Xiuqing didn't want to do that.
Excluding Yang Xiuqing's relatives, Wei Ze was the first of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's generals in Yong'an to explicitly express his allegiance to Yang Xiuqing. And if it must be said, Yang Xiuqing's relatives have not really expressed their allegiance to Yang Xiuqing himself. They are completely based on their kinship with Yang Xiuqing, so they want to keep Yang Xiuqing's status and use Yang Xiuqing's status to do whatever they want.
Wei Ze's allegiance is completely different from these people, in addition to advocating Yang Xiuqing as the first person in the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom in his position, Wei Ze is also one of the few people who has never embarrassed Yang Xiuqing. No discounts, no requirements, there are no sequelae after the matter is done, and there is no need for someone to help Wei Ze deal with the aftermath.
However, because of this, Yang Xiuqing couldn't understand Wei Ze. The brothers of the Taiping Army began to gather four years ago, each with their own thoughts and purposes. Four years ago, Yang Xiuqing was a charcoal burner, and now he is the eastern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, commanding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. The same is true of the other old brothers, who have all become high-ranking officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in a very short period of time, and their subordinates have to have soldiers and money. Like Yang Xiuqing, these old brothers are also very inflated.
Charcoal burner is a very hard and even cruel job, Yang Xiuqing fought with strong dragons and ground snakes before participating in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. So it's very handy to deal with these self-aggrandizing brothers. But Wei Ze is completely out of the environment that Yang Xiuqing is used to.
It's not that Wei Ze is a Mu Ne person, Yang Xiuqing is also familiar with the kind of person who is obedient. Wei Ze is also a very deviant in a sense, forming a general staff and setting up military ranks. When it came to implementing these practices, Weeser was firm. Yang Xiuqing secretly has some secret agents in Wei Ze's army, but the information in Wei Ze's army can't be hidden from Yang Xiuqing. He saw very clearly that everything Wei Ze did was to build a more combat-ready army, not to confront Yang Xiuqing. This is very different from other old brothers. At least until now, Wei Ze has not shown the slightest sign of confronting Yang Xiuqing.
This made Yang Xiuqing quite uncomfortable. He was very good at playing tricks to tame his men, but Weser was obedient without training. In the entire Taiping army, this was a very small number of surviving. Therefore, Yang Xiuqing felt that he couldn't let go, and he knew very well that it was meaningless to over-beat Wei Ze at this time. Yang Xiuqing has already begun to work hard to knock other high-status generals, and if he beats Wei Ze at this time, it will not play the role of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and can only let people with ulterior motives see the joke.
Looking at Wei Ze's watch, Yang Xiuqing couldn't help but think: Wei Ze, can't you really do something that annoys me, and then let me beat you?
However, Yang Xiuqing is Yang Xiuqing after all, and no matter how much affection he has, he can't really lose his mind. No matter what was unpleasant in his heart, he still chose what he thought was the most reasonable choice. He ordered: "Then you should hurry up!" ”
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