"Enter Xuancheng and open the passage to the south!" Wei Ze put forward his own views in the General Staff, "Our army must now start to make a good operational plan for going south to conquer Guangzhou City and occupy the Pearl River Plain before the autumn harvest!" ”

Such an order is in Weeser's usual style, that is, the purpose and reason are presented at the same time. Wei Ze also considered the issue of Shi Dakai's departure from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, why Shi Dakai made a big circle around the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but never went to Guangdong. In the end, he ran to Sichuan and was wiped out by the Dadu River. In addition to not having the strength to open up the situation and establish a base area, Shi Dakai's core force is the thousands of relatives he brought out from Guangxi. The other troops were basically recruits recruited from Hunan and Hubei, and he, a foreigner, really did not dare to rashly march into Guangdong.

But Wei Ze didn't have such worries, and there were indeed not many Cantonese among his subordinates. In the real sense of the word, there are only 20 old brothers such as Lin Asheng. When Wei Ze was fighting in Wuzhou, he gathered hundreds of Wuzhou brothers, and there were hundreds of boat soldiers among them. The boat army is not only haunted in Guangxi, they cruise on the Pearl River, and many of them have been to Guangzhou by boat.

Most of the troops established by Wei Ze in Yong'an City were from the Tiandihui, and many of them were not without old acquaintances in Guangdong. Even if this unit is not from Guangdong, it is not blind to Guangdong.

After the Tianjing Incident, Wei Ze's troop supply was almost completely cut off. Fortunately, Wei Ze forcibly intercepted several batches of grain destined for Tianjing City at the wharf in the north of Tianjing City, and after conquering Wuxi and Suzhou, he forcibly expropriated a large amount of money locally. The Chaohu area was originally an area directly controlled by Yang Xiuqing, and many civil officials there defected to Wei Ze after hearing about the Tianjing Incident. In addition to bringing a lot of money and food, there were some Guangdong brothers brought by Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, in this group of people.

In the conquest of Guangdong, especially before the autumn harvest, the General Staff Headquarters did not give an opinion on this whole set of ideas. The General Staff Department put forward its opinions on the strategy of Wei Ze's troops entering Guangdong. Wei Changrong's opinion on this is, "We will now abandon Zhenjiang, control Changzhou, continue to attack Wuxi and Suzhou, and then attack Zhejiang." What's so bad about that? Not only is it close, but it can also contact the brothers of the Little Knife Society. ”

Wei Zeyan replied, "And then?" We will be attacked by the camp in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and we will be attacked by the Qing demon from Fujian. The most important thing is that I am waiting here to break the connection with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and sooner or later something will happen! I'll teach you how to play Go, how to talk about it in Go, the golden horn and silver edge grass belly! Occupy southern Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and if you look at it on the map, it is still surrounded by many forces. When we went south to Guangdong, we occupied a corner of the entire chessboard and broke away from the connection with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. As long as we resist the Qing army in Fujian, we will fight in Guangxi, and it will be very easy. That's our hometown. After occupying Liangguang, the Qing army could not enter the vital place. I'll be able to do it calmly! Coveting a temporary bargain, there is only one result, and that is to end up with no end! ”

"Wouldn't it be better to get food in Zhejiang and then attack Guangdong?" Hu Chenghe also did not think it was necessary to break through the obstacles of the Qing army and travel thousands of miles to attack Guangdong.

Wei Ze said in a deep voice: "At most, the grain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is enough for my own food, and if I wait for the autumn harvest in Zhejiang, it will be just a waste of a year." How many variables can there be in a year? Besides, Zhejiang is rich, I will stay in Zhejiang for a while, God knows how weak the brothers can be. This time, the 3,000 people of Wei Changhui, the king of the north, were able to withstand the attack of more than 30,000 people in Tianjing City, although someone did the internal response. But let's change places and let Wei Changhui enter Changzhou, can his 3,000 people last a day in front of our 30,000 people? It doesn't take 30,000 people, 5,000 people can destroy him in a day! Why is that? It's not that the defenders of Tianjing City are in such a gentle township as Tianjing City, although the East King is strict, he doesn't fight, his training is insufficient, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is declining too fast! 30,000 people can't deal with 3,000 people, and we're ready to make a joke and wait for the joke to come to fruition? ”

The bloody facts were in front of him, and as soon as Wei Ze said this, no one in the General Staff immediately dared to directly oppose it.

"If you go straight to Guangdong now, I'm afraid that something will happen, right? Xuancheng has the Qing army's Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps, and we have to defeat them before we can go south. Hu Chenghe put it mildly.

"Let's let out the rumors now, we are going to have a decisive battle with the Jiangbei camp in Jiangnan, and we must completely smash this Qing army force that may threaten us before marching into Zhejiang!" Weeser said.

Wei Ze's point surprised Hu Chenghe. "Doesn't that make the Qing army prepared?"

Without Wei Ze to speak, Ruan Xihao replied: "Do the Qing army dare to really resist us after they know about it?" They can run! Just to the area of Suzhou, where we have already withdrawn, and even to Zhejiang. Won't they make way for us then? ”

Ruan Xihao was born in Wuzhou, so he was naturally very supportive of entering Guangdong. He continued: "We really have to find a place to stay in the middle. ”

Wei Ze said with a smile: "Naturally, there must be a place to settle, let's go to Xuancheng, enter Jiangxi, and settle in Ganzhou in southern Gansu." If you attack Guangdong, you will go out from southern Jiangxi, break through Shaoguan and Qingyuan, and then go straight to Guangzhou City. ”

"This ......, all the way is mountainous, and the battle is quite difficult!" Lei Hu looked at the map and couldn't help but say.

"When we came out of Yong'an, did we take the big road? Everyone doesn't walk dozens of miles a day. How much better is our equipment and training now than then? Why did you stay in this rich place for a year or two and forget to even walk the mountain road to fight? There was a clear mockery in Weeser's tone.

Wei Ze had just said that the combat effectiveness of the troops in Tianjing City was about to weaken, and now Lei Hu indirectly proved this assertion with actual evidence. Of course, everyone refuses to admit that he has changed from a fearless hero to a wreck who feels uncomfortable walking on mountain roads. For the time being, no one dared to discuss the issue of taking the mountain road, and everyone began to discuss the strategy of marching into Guangdong and then occupying the two Guangzhous.

After discussion, the strategy proposed by Weeser was gradually recognized by the General Staff. After conquering Guangzhou, you can go west at any time, go straight up along the Pearl River, and go out of the border of Guangdong is Wuzhou. In Wuzhou, there are tens of thousands of people who want to rebel but are unable to rebel. Recruit these people under your command, and you can form an army of 100,000 in an instant. Wei Ze's more than 10,000 people could go north to a place close to Tianjin, and it was easy for an army of 100,000 to crisscross the two regions.

The essence of Guangdong is the plains along the Pearl River, which is rich in grain, enough to feed an army of 100,000. In the face of such prospects, the hard work of walking in the mountains is completely worth it.

Wei Ze did not propose to engage in industry in Guangdong at this time, although there were many reasons for the Guangdong Economic Exhibition in New China, especially the personnel and technology from the north, as well as overseas technology and markets. But why is Guangdong showing up, not Qinghai and Ningxia? The huge geographical advantage cannot be changed by anyone. Guangdong is indeed a place with great promise.

Strategy wins because it is right, and if it is strategically correct, the function of the General Staff is to turn this strategy into actionable steps. After ruling out the plan to occupy Suzhou and Zhejiang, the only option for Wei Ze's troops was Guangdong. Since 5 February, the General Staff has been operational in this area.

First of all, it was natural to let the Jiangnan Jiangbei camp give way to the road, and the troops began to move and threaten the Jiangnan Jiangbei camp in the south. The Qing army also tried to send troops to resist, but they did not dare to take out the main force to fight the Taiping army, and first sent a weak brigade to test the strength of the Taiping army.

After a simple battle, the 3,000 Qing troops who went out to fight were immediately defeated. Lei Hu, who was in charge of the battle, captured the captured 500 Qing troops and gave a lecture. first informed Wei Ze of the purpose of preparing to concentrate his forces to annihilate the Jiangbei camp in Jiangnan in one fell swoop, and then Lei Hu asked these captives to go back and persuade the generals of the Jiangbei camp in Jiangnan to surrender now. On the battlefield of the province, the swords and guns were not long-sighted, and they lost their lives in vain.

These 500 people were originally big smoke soldiers, and after being caught, they thought that their lives would not be avenged. Unexpectedly, they were released now, and they immediately ran back to the camp to report the news they had learned. Zhang Guoliang, the governor of Jiangnan Daying, didn't say anything after hearing this, and Zhejiang Governor Jierhang Ake was frightened. In the battle not long ago, he thought that the Qing army of 3,000 would be able to withstand a day or two, but who knew that the whole army would be wiped out before half a day arrived.

Hearing the murderous news brought, Gilhanga's whole person was about to collapse. If Wei Ze really aimed to eliminate the main force of the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps, and then marched into Suzhou and Zhejiang, he would really be finished. Although the rivers and canals in the area of Suzhou and Hangzhou are crisscrossed, they are always plains, and there is no ability to fight a field battle with such a fierce army as Wei Ze on such a large plain.

"Admiral Zhang, you will take and face Wei Ze now!" Gilhanga almost screamed.

Zhang Guoliang has always been at odds with Gilhanga, if it was usual, he would naturally sneer, but this time he kept silent. The actions of the Taiping army were too strange. It's not meant to be a war, as if something is hidden behind it.

However, Zhang Guoliang didn't think too much about it, he replied: "I'll wait now to recapture Suzhou!" ”

"What?" Gilhanga was stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Guoliang to propose such a plan. After Suzhou was conquered by Wei Ze, Emperor Xianfeng had strictly ordered Suzhou to be recaptured, and he was resolute not to let Wei Ze enter Zhejiang. But Zhang Guoliang did not say a word about this holy decree at that time. Now why did he suddenly remember to take back Suzhou?

But after thinking about it, Gilhanga also felt a little understood. After recapturing Suzhou, the camp in Jiangnan and Jiangbei can at least circle around Taihu Lake and Wei Ze. Wei Ze did not have a naval army, so it was impossible to deal a fatal blow to the Jiangbei camp in Jiangnan. Thinking of this, Gilhanga immediately replied: "Just listen to what Admiral Zhang said!" ”

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