Chapter 81: Overture to the Eastward Expansion (13)

After watching his subordinates throw Dexing'a, the general of the Qing army, who was tied up with flowers, onto the ship bound for Nanjing, Wei Ze did not go directly back to the General Staff. At this time, the General Staff was frantically making military plans, and Wei Ze was afraid that if he went back, he would disrupt everyone's steps. So he simply went to the city to inspect and see what Yangzhou City looked like in this era.

At this time, it was the time of war, and after worshipping Hong Xiuquan's unusually "ascetic" attitude, Qinhuai River could not be walked. Due to the extreme pressure on the affairs of men and women, the middle and lower classes of the Taiping Army will be regarded as "adultery" when they meet their wives, not to mention other behaviors. All that's left of Yangzhou is the street scenery.

Wei Ze was also happy at first, but after all, he was the king of Qi, and a group of guards hugged him, and after Wei Ze walked for a while, he attracted a lot of onlookers from Yangzhou citizens. Wei Ze felt that he was a little disturbing the people, and he felt embarrassed. Second, he was a little embarrassed to be watched by so many citizens. As a last resort, Wei Ze could only go to his "Qi Wangfu" in Yangzhou City.

This is a house in the south of the city, next to the General Staff. As soon as he returned to the door, he saw Wei Changrong waiting for Wei Ze here, "Fourth uncle, everyone has determined some preliminary plans, waiting for you to stamp it!" ”

Stamping is a big deal, and handing over the big seal means that Weezer has given up the power in his hands. Even if Wei Ze urged the General Staff to draw up its own battle plan and eagerly hoped that the General Staff would be able to improve its strategic vision, it did not mean that Wei Ze would hand over the power in his hands. The power to seal the last seal is still in the hands of Weese. Without the seal of Weescher, all orders within the purview of the Chief of the General Staff cannot be issued.

"Good! I'll take a look. Weese replied.

"Fourth uncle! Wait a minute! Wei Changrong hurriedly stopped Wei Ze, who was about to act immediately, "Fourth uncle, how are you going to make your plan this time?" ”

Weser was a little upset, and he replied, "As long as what you propose is not too outrageous, I will agree." I still won't get through guò if you make everyone suffer. ”

Wei Changrong saw that Wei Ze seemed to have misunderstood what he meant, so he hurriedly explained: "I know that Fourth Uncle, you are going to test us, but why don't you let everyone come up with their own set of plans, and let them pick out the better ...... formulated."

"Whose plan can you fight for in the future?" Weeser sneered.

"This ......" Wei Changrong was choked by Wei Ze's answer, and he paused for a while before he thought of a new topic, "Fourth Uncle, then you can't put aside all the things that make battle plans in the future." ”

Wei Ze finally decided to tell Wei Changrong the truth, "Changrong, it's hard for me to say anything about the future. We're getting closer and closer to Tianjing City now, and I'm afraid there will be fewer and fewer things I can do. So you've got to put me on top. When I can't direct you, you all have to be on your own. ”

Wei Changrong was stunned, "Fourth uncle, who would dare to take away your power?" ”

After listening to Wei Changrong's question, Wei Ze was now difficult to answer, he was actually not sure what would happen, so Wei Ze could only say perfunctorily: "Some things are just my blind guess, I hope I think wrong." By the way, what results do you discuss, let's talk about it first. ”

In the plan, Wei Ze's troops carried out a diversionary attack on the Jiangbei camp. At the same time, nearly 10,000 people under Zhang Yingchen's command, who were on standby in Chuzhou, were mobilized to march eastward and reach the west of the Qing army's Jiangbei camp. Wei Ze and Zhang Yingchen's troops encircled the Jiangbei camp, and finally defeated the Jiangbei camp in one fell swoop with a powerful attack.

After seeing this plan, Wei Ze was angry. The result of this so-called discussion is one of several general ideas put forward by Hong Ze when discussing the overall strategy, and it is also a very conservative and very general one.

However, even though Weser was very annoyed in his heart, he wanted to wait and see. The first half of this plan of action is actually good, even if it is very rough and conservative, if it is aimed at a war of annihilation, the second half cannot be said to be bad. It's just that if you really want to encircle and annihilate the Qing army, the best way is to block the ferry port in Jiangbei. The Qing army saw that the Taiping army was blocking the riverbank, and they were blocked in the north of the river and could not escape, and these people had no other way but to fight hard. And what the Taiping army needs most is that the Qing army takes the initiative to come up and fight hard.

Even after thinking about it, Wei Ze held back his silence. When he entered the General Staff, he just crossed the second half of the content with a brush, and then gave the first half of the content to the instructions and sealed.

When the generals saw Wei Ze's approach, they all suddenly realized. A military meeting of the General Staff was immediately convened, and the content of the discussion became how Wei Ze's troops could directly attack the Jiangbei camp of the Qing army at this stage.

On the third day, Zhang Yingchen finally received the order to march that he had been waiting for for a long time. Zhang Yingchen has worked hard every day since he was thrown by Wei Ze to be a division commander, and later promoted to military commander. Train troops, form a general staff, and straighten out logistics. He's trying to do it one by one. Originally, there was Wei Ze tube on the top, and Ke Gongyu supported it below, Zhang Yingchen couldn't touch the world or the ground, and was completely suspended...... Zhang Yingchen's knowledge is not bad, but the difference is completely due to his ability to operate it personally.

After being thrown into this ordinary army, Zhang Yingchen knew that if he didn't do a good job, he would definitely have no future. Worried, he learned to be a man with his tail between his legs. People who can be a man with their tails between their legs are more reliable in doing things. The results of the troops' training have been so-so. It's true that many places have not been able to do well, and similarly, many places have done well.

Regarding the matter of marching into the camp in Jiangbei, Zhang Yingchen had already prepared. When he received the order, he was discussing in detail with the Military Staff Section the question of the route of the march.

"Lin Fengxiang has suffered a big loss in **?" Zhang Yingchen asked with some confusion. Wei Ze had done a lot of training in siege warfare, and now Zhang Yingchen's troops had quite full theoretical experience in fighting for cities. And one of the cities that must pass through to the east is **, how do you look at this city, there is nothing remarkable.

The walls are not high, the city is not large, and there is no shocking terrain outside the city. The reconnaissance unit reported that as far as the eye could see, the ground around the walls was quite flat. But it is said that this place did make Lin Fengxiang suffer a big loss.

Immediately, a staff officer replied: "Marshal, it doesn't seem that Lin Fengxiang has suffered a loss here." It was Li Kaifang and Prime Minister Li Cheng who suffered here. **'s defenders were very treacherous, they first drove away the people outside the city, and then hid gunpowder in the stove. When the Taiping army was extremely hungry, they entered the house to cook, and immediately started a fire. The Qing Demon took advantage of the situation to rush and kill Prime Minister Li Kaifang's army. ”

"Huh? Is that okay? Zhang Yingchen was stunned. This kind of trick is useless for Wei Ze's troops, let alone entering the villager's house, the army is not even allowed to drink a bowl of water from the villager. Every day, I sing the song "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions", which repeatedly emphasizes that it is not allowed to enter private houses. After listening to the lesson of Li Kaifang's failure, it seems that this song, which emphasizes military discipline, also contains a lot of important points related to the war.

"When our army marches eastward, do you want Prime Minister Ji Wenyuan to send a unit of troops to help us guard **?" The staff officer came up with this proposal. Ji Wenyuan had two armies under his command, both of which were 5,000 troops each reorganized according to Wei Ze's troops. Now the Qing army has no strength in Anhui, and 5,000 people to defend Chuzhou are completely enough. Ji Wenyuan can also send another 5,000 people to help guard **.

From Chuzhou to the east to Yangzhou, there are two important cities, close to Chuzhou is **, close to Yangzhou is Yizheng. Let Ji Wenyuan have 5,000 people to defend **, and after Zhang Yingchen's 10,000 troops captured the Yizheng, they held the Yizheng. The Jiangbei camp was miserable, and they were completely under the attack of the Taiping army. Yizheng also controlled the ferry, and the Qing army in the Jiangbei camp wanted to escape to the south of the Yangtze River, so they had to go through Yizheng. At that time, Zhang Yingchen will also be able to wait for work and fight easily.

Zhang Yingchen finally agreed to this battle plan, and he immediately invited Ji Wenyuan to discuss help. Although Ji Wenyuan is the prime minister and Zhang Yingchen is just a military commander, Ji Wenyuan knows very well that he has no reason to order Zhang Yingchen. Besides, he didn't have to fight to make a contribution, and Ji Wenyuan readily agreed to Zhang Yingchen's request.

Just when the Taiping Army was making military preparations, Xiong Qi, a guerrilla in the Jiangbei battalion, also proposed to General Jiangning and the general leader of the Jiangbei battalion, Tuo Ming'a. Xiong Qixian predicted that the Taiping Army would attack ** and Yizheng, and then volunteered to defend the important place of Yizheng, "General! I don't know when General Zhang Guoliang will come to help, if the Yizheng is lost, General Zhang will not be able to come to us! The last general is willing to go to the ceremonial sign! ”

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