In the future, there will be two 6-way passages for the Northern Expedition of the Guangfu Army, one is naturally the road for the Taiping Army to go out of Guangxi, Daozhou and Chenzhou, and the other is the road for Wei Ze to go south. Ganzhou is a big city in Jiangxi, which is on the main road from Guangdong to Jiangxi. Sending troops to Ganzhou is, first, too far away from Guangdong, too much consumption, and second, the strategic situation is difficult to grasp. After discussion with the General Staff, it was chosen not to be stationed in Ganzhou.

Not being stationed in Ganzhou and abandoning Ganzhou are two different things. The Guangfu Army could not accept the Qing army's attack on Guangdong based on Ganzhou. Therefore, the Guangfu Army adopted a strategy of fighting but not occupying Ganzhou. Up to now, the Guangfu Army has attacked Ganzhou three times.

The first time was because the Qing army in Ganzhou was so bold that they dared to launch a tentative attack on the Guangdong side. The Guangfu Army immediately went north to Ganzhou and easily conquered Ganzhou at the cost of eight dead and eighteen seriously wounded. The slogan of the Liberation Army is "Don't hurt the good guys, and don't let the bad guys go!" ”

For the people of Ganzhou, the Guangfu Army did not commit any crimes, and even helped treat ordinary people who were injured in the battle. As for the Manchu forces in Ganzhou, they naturally belonged to the ranks of "bad guys". After the city was broken, the civil and military officials in Ganzhou all cut off their heads and hung them on the city gate, and the Guangfu Army posted a notice in Ganzhou, informing the future Ganzhou Qing Army that if they dared to attack the Guangfu Army again, these people would be the end. This attack not only refers to the Qing army's attack on Guangdong based in Ganzhou, but also the Guangfu Army's clear writing on the notice that the Qing army in Ganzhou dares to attack the Guangfu Army personnel in Ganzhou, which is also a dead end.

After the retreat of the Guangfu Army, the Qing army that occupied Ganzhou again still did not change its thief nature, and actually dared to check along the way, "guarding against the thieves of the Guangfu Army". As a last resort, the Guangfu army could only go out again, and this time the Guangfu army captured Ganzhou at the cost of four dead and eleven seriously wounded. For the Qing army that refused to change its ways, the Guangfu Army not only killed all the Qing troops in Ganzhou this time, but also killed the captured Qing army.

The Qing army, which had been beaten twice, finally stopped a little, and the two sides were at peace for nearly half a year. Unexpectedly, Zeng Guofan took the wrong medicine, and actually sent 800 Hunan troops to be stationed in Ganzhou, and shouted that he would give the Guangfu army some color.

In the face of such arrogance of the Hunan army, the Guangfu Army had no choice but to dispatch for the third time. The Hunan army was indeed better than other Qing armies, and a lot of foreign guns and artillery were bought, and the training and command were not bad. After fighting with the British, the Liberation Army was also very different from the past. The new three-inch forged field gun was equipped with the troops and became the main weapon of the new artillery. After capturing Ganzhou at the cost of nine dead and twenty-two serious wounds, the generals of the captured Hunan army had a hard mouth and scolded the Guangfu army incessantly. I can't say it, I can only peel these guys and kill all my subordinates.

The lantern-like former Hunan army officers hung a row outside the city gate, with signs around their necks that read "The end of the fight against the Liberation Army". A notice was also posted in the city, "If the civil and military officials of Ganzhou dare to have any confrontation with the Guangfu Army at the border of Ganzhou, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

When Lei Hu talked about this matter to Wei Ze, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's said that there are only three things, and I don't know if the Qing army can improve its memory." ”

Wei Ze didn't know what to say about this issue, if he followed the Manchu Qing Dynasty's behavior, as long as the Guangfu Army did not attack Ganzhou on a large scale, the ordinary officers and soldiers and the civil and military forces should have already followed the rules of officialdom and turned a blind eye to the Guangfu Army personnel engaged in non-military activities in Ganzhou. But now that Zeng Guofan is involved, this old guy is very stubborn, and I don't know how many beatings his subordinates have to take to remember.

In addition, the Hunan army is a guest army. Even if they abandon the city and flee, it is impossible to be held accountable for the "lost land", they can do something in Ganzhou that angers the Guangfu Army, and slap their butts and leave before the Guangfu Army sends troops. It was a lot of trouble back then.

These are not particularly important things, one of the purposes of Wei Ze's sending troops this time is to see the combat effectiveness of the Hunan army, and he is very concerned about this. He asked Lei Hu, "Is the Hunan army easy to fight?" ”

Lei Hu was also full of words, and he immediately said: "Dudu, the platoon guns of the Hunan army are quite good. It has been a long time, has a strong sense of layering, and is very tolerant in the face of shelling. If it weren't for the fact that we had suffered a loss in the fight with the British, the troops had simulated such an enemy after the exercises. still use the original training level to fight Ganzhou, which is guarded by the Hunan army, but I am afraid that the casualties will be in the triple digits. ”

Since the field artillery used firing shells, the Liberation Army was reluctant to fight in very dense formations. Grape shells have to be close to each other to be effective, and the range of flowering shells is much longer than that of grape bullets, and the array will collapse if they are hit by a few shots in a dense queue. The last time I fought the British, the second regiment sent four columns of infantry like refueling, and it was out of this fear. This fear proved to be unnecessary, and almost half of the British casualties were caused by artillery. It's just that the artillery level of the Guangfu Army is relatively poor, and it is very effective against the Qing army, which is densely manned and slow-moving. It was much worse to deal with the British army, which was agile in action, flexible in command at the grassroots level, and able to take the initiative to adjust the infantry battle line in a fast march.

"This time, our army adopted the tactic of marching quickly in columns and suddenly spreading horizontally, and the effect was good. This tactic allows the artillery to wield its power better. As long as the offensive position is well chosen, no matter how fierce the enemy's firepower is, he can only be beaten passively. Lei Hu excitedly introduced, "But to deal with the British army, we have to expand the battlefield a little more." So that the troops can wield their ability to maneuver. And the governor said that you used the terrain to transfer troops, and we also used this. The tactics of the Hunan army are very rigid, and they only know how to put their guns together, so we can't see the effect for the time being. ”

Lei Hu is a rare cautious person in the Guangfu Army, and in the unfavorable situation in the battle of 500 people in the Guangfu Army, Lei Hu can be regarded as a precedent. In 1852, under the city of Changsha, Zuo Zongtang tried to encircle and annihilate the Guangfu Army with three times the force, and the direction that Lei Hu was responsible for was attacked by the Qing army's horse team, and there were some setbacks for a while.

That setback did not make Lei Hu collapse, let alone let Wei Ze have anything to look down on Lei Hu. Lei Hu has made outstanding achievements in war, and now serves as the commander of the cavalry division, and is also one of the top 20 figures in the Liberation Army. The commander of a cavalry division, like the commander of an artillery division, belongs to a service unit. Half a level higher than the commander of an ordinary infantry division.

It is precisely because of the losses that Lei Hu is obviously more cautious and calmer than other officers. Lei Hu's own statement is that he doesn't care if he has lost so many people. Of course, Wei Ze knew that this was a kind word, that defeat was only Lei Hu's arrogance, whether it was confidence or learning attitude, Lei Hu was stronger than other generals who had won all the way.

In the past, Lei Hu's modesty and studious rank first in the Liberation Army, and now most of the officers have such an attitude. What contributed to this situation was the battle with Britain half a year ago, and the British won such a battle with a loss of nearly 3:1, and the Liberation Army really sobered up, put aside its arrogance, and began to study and train more deeply in the details of the operation.

When the Liberation Army did not encounter an opponent, everyone was lazy and chose to ignore the details that could have taken more effort and less effort. It takes a lot of energy and strength to raise the level even a little, and raising the level of that little bit has no substantial impact on the outcome of the war, and only a fool will do such useless work.

After fighting with the world's No. 1 lobster soldiers, the Liberation Army was finally willing to work hard. After the real investment, the Liberation Army suddenly appeared, and the war was actually far more elaborate than before. The military level of the Liberation Army has actually made many breakthroughs.

After discussing tactics for a while, Lei Hu asked, "Governor, what if the Qing army still doesn't change its thief nature?" ”

Wei Ze smiled confidently: "Anyway, attacking Ganzhou also has the purpose of training, even if the Qing army on the side of Ganzhou still can't change the, but we can kill it like this, kill dozens of times, I'm afraid that there will be no Manchu civil and military generals who dare to go to Ganzhou again." The effect is still the same. ”

Lei Hu nodded heavily, the long-distance attack of the Guangfu Army, in addition to the fact that Ganzhou is the gateway of Guangdong into Jiangxi, and the Guangfu Army must maintain strong pressure on Ganzhou, training is also a very important purpose.

After talking about the matter in Ganzhou, Lei Hu asked again: "Governor, I heard that Shi Dakai is going to the east." "After all, Ganzhou is Jiangxi, although the officers of the Hunan army are stubborn, other Manchu officials who are not from the Hunan army system know everything in order to survive.

"I know." Weese replied.

"Can Shi Dakai win?" Lei Hu is actually most concerned about this.

Wei Ze replied briskly: "Shi Dakai now wants to play persimmons and pinch them softly." In fact, when the East King was here, it was also such a method. But Shi Dakai is completely different from Dongwang. So I'm not optimistic about him. ”

"Why?" Lei Hu asked with interest.

"When the king of the east is here, whether it is a soft persimmon or a hard stone, he can pinch it and break it. Therefore, Dongwang chose to pinch the soft persimmon first, which is a strategy that is easy first and then difficult. The Hunan army and the Taiping army fought hard in Jiangxi, and neither could solve the other. Shi Dakai felt that he was currently miserable in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but in fact, he did not have the ability to crush hard stones. The Taiping army did not have the ability to win, and the Hunan army also did not have the ability to defeat the Taiping army, so the Jiangxi battlefield would naturally fall into a long-term bitter battle. Shi Dakai himself was afraid that he didn't realize that the reason for this misery was his own incompetence, but he felt that he could be invincible by finding soft persimmons and pinching them. The idea is a joke. When he said these words, there was no hint of mockery in Wei Ze's tone, on the contrary, there was even a hint of sympathy in his tone.

After hearing this, Lei Hu suddenly realized, he nodded again and again, "Dudu, you want us to send troops to Ganzhou this time, do you still want to see if our combat strength can defeat the Hunan army?" ”

Weeser just smiled, but didn't answer directly.

Lei Hu continued excitedly, "If we have the ability to defeat the Qing army in Ganzhou head-on, then we can choose various tactics and strategies. Those tactics and strategies are only to be able to defeat the enemy more efficiently. And the basis of this tactics and stratagem that we can choose to win more easily is precisely the ability to defeat the enemy even in the dumbest way of head-on combat. It's clumsy to be clever! Speaking of which, Lei Hu himself figured out some key points and immediately rejoiced.

Seeing that Lei Hu's perception was quite right, Wei Ze Zhengse said: "In modern warfare, when weapons and training have been determined, the most valuable quality of a commander is firmness. If you can't recognize your own incompetence, you will see incompetence as bad luck. There's no way to save it. ”

Lei Hu figured this out, and he nodded again and again.

Wei Ze continued: "Shi Dakai is a smart person, a person with a bit of strategy. When there is a strong central government to control the overall situation, and there are capable cadres and subordinates to complete the tactical arrangements, he can also fight a lot of beautiful battles. But when he was asked to take responsibility for himself and asked him to show perseverance in the face of difficulties, he couldn't stand it. I am not optimistic about Shi Dakai's future, because when the war entered a critical moment, when there was no hope for the future, Shi Dakai did not have the courage to let go. So before defeating the enemy, he will lose to himself. A general who can't defeat himself is destined to be a defeated general. ”

Originally, Wei Ze's impression of Shi Dakai was very ordinary, Shi Dakai was a tragic hero with a bad fate and jealousy. But just because he knew Shi Dakai's ending and saw Shi Dakai's appearance, Wei Ze's impression of Shi Dakai changed dramatically. If an ordinary person is not strong enough to overcome himself, it is not a sin. But if a leader is as undetermined as Shi Dakai, it will be a disaster for those who follow him.

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