Zeng Guofan arrived at the county seat of Wuyang from Suzhou, and along the way, in addition to Weizi or Weizi. The Hunan army used one stronghold after another to control the key points from Suzhou to Wuyang. Hunan soldiers and horses can move between these secure strongholds at any time.

Having seen the Taiping Army's combat style like the wind, the super marching combat ability of the Guangfu Army, and the combat effectiveness that can easily destroy the city and pull out the village, Zeng Guofan will certainly have other ideas. But Zeng Guofan firmly believes that what can't be done is what can't be done, and if he blindly pursues illusory benefits, he will only make himself completely finished. So when facing the Twist Army, the Xiang Army still insisted on its own way of playing.

Of course, the Hunan army has not been unchanged, for example, the use of fortresses in various places to replace the Hunan army had to build its own camps, which itself saved a lot of time and greatly improved the Hunan army's marching ability.

Peng Yulin said: "Dashuai, there are still a few places in the south that are still in the hands of the rebels, and they must be recaptured. The immigrants are ready, and they can fill the population as soon as they take the territory. ”

This naval general basically has no boat to take with him now, so he turned to the job of the chief of staff of the Hunan army. And Peng Yulin is undoubtedly very responsible for this. When Zeng Guofan arrived in Wuyang, he immediately gave the latest information on the battle situation.

"But I don't know what the war situation is in Henan?" Zeng Guofan asked.

After the main force of the Twist Army followed the Taiping Army to the north, some of them entered Shaanxi and other places to fight, but some of them did not go to Shaanxi. It is said that this part of the twist army was actually bounded by Xuzhou (now Xuchang) and divided into the east and west twist army. The Western Twist Army naturally cooperated with the Taiping Army, while the Eastern Twist Army crisscrossed Henan, Shandong and other places.

The main force of the Manchu Qing was the Mongol cavalry of Seng Lingqin, which had now entered the northwest to fight, and the imperial court was trying to deal with the Twist army in Henan, but the Eastern Twist Army was dominated by cavalry, and it was difficult to annihilate it. But what Zeng Guofan is now violently purging is the old nest of the Twist Army, no matter how tightly the Hunan Army handles, but sooner or later the Twist Army will be able to know the news that his family has been killed. It is not known how the Western Twist Army in Shaanxi will respond at that time, but the Eastern Twist Army operating in Henan and other places will never just watch Zeng Guofan continue to kill.

This is also what Zeng Guofan hopes to see, killing the rebels will mobilize more rebels to come to the rescue. At that time, it was just the right time to wipe out all the chaotic people in one pot. Therefore, Zeng Guofan attaches great importance to the war situation in Henan, at this time the Hunan army's defense system has many defects, if it can last for a while, Zeng Guofan believes that he can build a Huaibei like an iron barrel.

Wen Yuewei looked at the Hunan army in the north, these walls are still just a prototype, the Hunan army used the traditional rammed earth method to build a city wall, and then first built the internal wall with bricks and stones in the city wall. It looks like it won't be long before the construction of the exterior walls begins.

If such a siege is built, Wen Yuewei really can't think of any hard way to break through these walls. Her subordinates were only the Twist Army, not the elite warriors under Weser back then. Weeser had already used a musket gun more than a decade ago. Now more than ten years have passed, and Wen Yuewei has not been able to form a unit fully equipped with fire cap guns. Not to mention the artillery units that Weeser had more than a decade ago.

"Leader Wen, how are we going to fight?" The group of people who followed behind Wen Yuewei asked.

Wen Yuewei replied: "We can't attack the city, so naturally we have to get the Hunan army out of the city." ”

This method of warfare is the inevitable choice of the armed forces that have no artillery to attack the fortifications and shoot good rifles on the battle line, and it is also a very mature tactic for the Twist Army.

A dozen horsemen rushed towards the enclosure under construction, and when they approached the edge of the arquebus range, they turned the dock and urged their horses to start circling the enclosure. The bandits are all such a process, and all the Twist Army has to do now is to let the enemy know that they have been taken care of. As for whether it is really going to attack this half-finished fence desperately, of course the Twist Army will not do it.

The Hunan army reacted quickly, Wen Yuewei and the others only fought such a situation the day before, and the next day, a Hunan army arrived at this enclosure. At this point, the battle really began, and the Twisters now needed to move the enemy out of the enclosure.

"Where are you going to fight, are you sure?" Wen Yuewei asked her subordinates.

Wen Yuewei's subordinates said with great confidence: "Right here, thirty miles to the southeast, as long as the Qing Demon follows us here, we can let them go and never return!" ”

The next day, without waiting for Wen Yuewei to send troops to provoke the Hunan army, the Hunan army went out on its own. This is a good thing, Wen Yuewei is full of joy and waits for the war to enter the stage she does best. But the actions of this Hunan army were completely beyond Wen Yuewei's imagination.

The Hunan army dispatched two battalions of troops, and every time they marched, they must take the elite as the vanguard and rearguard, and in the middle were the chief husband and baggage. And send scouts to patrol the surroundings to avoid ambushes. In addition, it takes two hours to set up camp in the morning, and more than two hours to set up camp before dark, so the march can only be six hours at most in a day, and the two battalions must support each other and must not rush forward, and the journey in one day is more than 30 miles.

Each time the Twisters fought a way to distract the enemy's ranks, and then launched a sudden melee attack. This tried and tested way of fighting had no chance to try it on the Hunan army, which surprised Wen Yuewei. As long as the twisted army approached the marching array of the Hunan army, the Hunan army was extremely vigilant.

This reminded Wen Yuewei of Wei Ze's troops more than ten years ago, but when you think about it carefully, Wei Ze's troops are full of offensive spirit, and Wei Ze's troops march faster. The Hunan army was completely a turtle formation, and Wei Ze attacked like a tiger. If Wen Yuewei chooses the opponent, she would rather choose the current Turtle Xiang Army. If you fight against Weizer, any mistake that is bitten by Weese's troops will immediately end up with the annihilation of the entire army. Fighting like this with the Hunan army, even if you can't win, you won't always suffer.

But this idea only lasted for one night, and Wen Yuewei also wanted to steal the camp. However, the Hunan army has deep ditches and high fortifications, and it is strictly armed, and it is not allowed to rest or eat until the camp is completed. It is necessary to erect a wall one zhang high and half a zhang wide, with a female wall for the soldiers who fire guns to cover, and the deer barricades are densely planted outside the wall to prevent climbing, and the deer barrages are dug deep trenches outside, which can be said to be quite tightly matched.

The Twist Army was powerless against such a defense system, and could only watch the Hunan Army shrink into the camp to rest.

Although the march of the Hunan army was slow, they were marching after all, and the twisted army was powerless against the Hunan army during the first day of the march. In the afternoon of the next day, the Hunan army arrived at Wen Yuewei's village. They set up camp three miles from the village.

At this time, it was not only the Hunan army that built the enclosure, but also the Twist army built a lot of enclosures to protect themselves from the attack of the official army. Looking at the camp being built by the Hunan army, and then at the city wall under her feet, Wen Yuewei felt a strong sense of unease in her heart. The tortoise formation of the Hunan army really hit such a fence, can they break away? R1058