Luo Xuannai is a hero on the water, there are many waterways in Jiangxi, and he himself wants to have some expression, so he volunteered to serve in the front. Wei Ze, of course, was willing to integrate into his own army as much as possible. He was appointed deputy chief of staff of the First Army.

Beginning on 24 March, the two armies moved south at the same time, marching at a rate of forty miles a day. Luo Gang is indeed a hero on the waterway, building pontoon bridges and setting up river crossing points on the waterway he encounters. It's organized.

The wind blew, the sun was exposed, and the light rain was light, and the marching troops along the way also suffered some in the face of these situations. Other than that, there is nothing in the Luo outline. Pedestrians on the road saw such a large army marching from afar, and they avoided it early, not daring to ask for hardships on the road. The empty road could even accommodate two teams of four people marching side by side at the same time.

Wei Ze's troops inherited the tradition of the Taiping army, giving money for buying and selling things, and never allowed looting. Although the people in the villages and towns on the roadside were frightened, seeing that they had not been plundered, they also made some deals with Wei Ze and them, and replenished a lot of food and supplies.

By April 6, Luo asked the question, "Where is the Qing army?" ”

From the time the troops left out, the reconnaissance troops scattered far along the main road, and received information that the small stronghold of the Qing army was empty, and the city was closed with four gates, and there was no sign of fighting. Wei Ze's troops marched in Jiangxi, where the Qing army was strong, and walked swaggering for half a month, but they did not encounter any attacks.

When the staff of the First Army heard this question, everyone looked at each other. Everyone is also puzzled. In the end, the army commander Wei Changrong put forward an explanation that was not an explanation, "Since the governor ordered us to go to Guangdong at this time, I think he has already made arrangements, right?" ”

When this reason was said, it was in a certain questioning tone, and Luo Xuan didn't believe it after listening to it. But he could see that the officers in the staff of the First Army actually nodded in disbelief after listening to this very nonsense explanation.

With the character of the Elope program, if it weren't for the fact that he had just arrived in the First Army, he would have to dispute this attitude in everything. Now forced by the form, Luo Outline can only keep silent.

In the following days, Luo Jian held back this uneasiness in his heart. Obviously, Wei Changrong also had his own opinions, and he raised the marching degree of the troops from forty to forty-five miles a day. After walking for another half a month, the troops arrived at the city of Ganzhou, an important town in southern Jiangxi, according to the plan, and still did not encounter any attack by the Qing army.

Ganzhou City is located in the south of Jiangxi, located in the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River, adjacent to Sanming and Longyan in Fujian Province in the east, Meizhou, Heyuan and Shaoguan in Guangdong Province in the south, Chenzhou in Hunan Province in the west, and Ji'an and Fuzhou in Jiangxi Province in the north. The attack on Ganzhou was a big battle, and the main point on the way to the south was Ganzhou. After conquering Ganzhou, the troops will be able to attack Shaoguan, and after breaking Shaoguan, Guangzhou City will be within the range of attack.

The troops made a lot of preparations before leaving Xuancheng, and the staff knew the conviction of this march, but they were only worried about insufficient preparation. However, due to the lack of intelligence, many plans were not made at all. In terms of the training level of Weese's troops, a thirty-mile march a day was nothing. In addition to marching, most of the time was spent on scouts, searching for intelligence, and doing a lot of mapping of the places they passed. The officers of the staff thought that this would be a bloody military operation, but they did not expect to realize that the troops had only come to an armed parade along the way.

"The Governor already knew this was the case, right?" Ju Junfeng, chief of staff of the First Army, asked. If half a month ago, everyone's opinion on this was three points of belief and seven points of doubt, this time the general attitude is seven points of belief and three points of doubt. If Weeser hadn't anticipated this, he had no reason to let his troops adopt such an aggressive strategy.

Not only did the staff officers think so, but even Luo Outline was shaken. At that time, the Taiping army went from Guangxi to the north, and as the main officer in the army, Luo Xuan was well aware of the worries, fears, and even panic feelings in the upper echelons of the Taiping army. Even after the conquest of Wuchang, the Taiping army still had different views on going north to Henan, south to Guangdong, and west to Nanjing, and the debate was still quite fierce.

Weeser's journey south was not much less than the one he had taken at that time, but the strategic purpose was extremely clear. It is to go south to Guangdong, and judging from the experience of the last time, this road is destined to be full of disasters and difficulties. In this regard, Luo Outline has made full psychological preparations.

But such a march, march, wind, sun, and other than that, only two or three light rainy days caused a little trouble for the march. Compared to the rugged and difficult mountain road after highlighting Yong'an, this road is a real smooth road. In the environment of no guide, no answer, no heaven and earth will cooperate and join the army, the large army arrived in Ganzhou, thousands of miles away, in a month without any waves. This is completely beyond the imagination of the Luo outline.

It would be surprising if Weeser knew that this would happen. But to say that Wei Ze didn't know that there would be such a situation beforehand is unbelievable.

When the generals were speechless, the staff officer of the meteorological section in charge of the climate ran in, "Report, the wind is rising, and there are signs of rain!" ”

Hearing the news, Luo Xuan felt as if a stone had fallen to the ground in his heart. The rain was not conducive to the siege, and after experiencing an unimaginable march, encountering such bad news made Luo Xuan feel like he was back in the real world. The whole person was inexplicably relaxed.

However, the reaction of the staff department shocked Luo Xuan, and Wei Changrong said happily: "Is it really going to rain?" ”

Hearing these happy words, Luo Xuan almost fell off his chair. A thought popped up in his heart, is Wei Changrong crazy? Looking at the other officers, they saw that everyone was surprised and happy, and it was obvious that they all had the same joy as Wei Changrong. Luo Xuan was shocked in his heart, and even gave birth to an unrealistic doubt, whether he was too tired during the march and was in the tent at this time and did not wake up from a big dream. Secretly pinched his thigh with his hand, although the pain was not strong, but it was real.

"Hurry up and make siege equipment and prepare to attack the city!" Wei Changrong said.

Now all the middle and high-ranking officers in Wei Ze's army have experience in the general staff, and as soon as Wei Changrong gave the order, the general staff immediately began to act. When everyone else was busy, Luo Xuan asked Wei Changrong, who was quite relaxed, "Are you really going to attack the city on a rainy day?" ”

"Let's go, let's go see Ganzhou City first. Said on the way. Wei Changrong had already picked up his military coat and said to Luo Xuan excitedly.

On the way, Wei Changrong asked Luo Xuan a question, "Deputy Chief of Staff, how much do you think the Qing army's fire can be fired on a rainy day?" ”

Luo Xuan was stunned, rainy days are the weather that firearms are most afraid of. The fire rope on the fire rope qiang is easily extinguished by rain, and it is common for the gunpowder to not be able to hit after being wet. After the rainwater enters the mouth of the qiang, when gunpowder is poured into it, the gunpowder often sticks to the inner wall of the fire, and even if the fireqiang can be fired, the power is greatly reduced.

The Taiping army was very accustomed to fighting in rainy and snowy weather, and it was precisely because the power of the Qing army's superior fire was reduced in the rainy and snowy weather, and the Taiping army's white-knuckle combat efficiency was greatly improved. After listening to Wei Changrong's question, Luo Xuan replied: "It's good to be able to start halfway." ”

Wei Changrong agreed with this judgment, and he continued to ask: "What if our army's fire can be fired ninety percent and basically not affected by the rain?" Do you think it's much easier for us to storm the city? ”

This question made Luo Outline speechless, he had long heard that Wei Ze's troops were sharp, but everyone was not so sensitive to technology these days, and Luo Outline felt that Wei Ze's troops might be very good at using serial design techniques. But what Wei Changrong said just now had nothing to do with the serial shooting, and what he directly pointed out was that the fire of Wei Ze's troops was not affected by the rain.

As an old Jianghu, Luo Outline is very keen to show one thing, no matter what Wei Ze's attitude is, at least the First Army commanded by Wei Changrong has reservations about Luo Outline. If it was true that he had complete trust in the Luo Outline, and the troops used very different fires, they should have sued the Luo Outline a long time ago. But it wasn't until now that Wei Changrong talked about it.

And Wei Changrong saw the puzzled look on Luo Xuan's face, he suddenly patted his head, "Deputy Chief of Staff Luo, it's my fault, I should have sued you a long time ago." I forgot that you didn't have staff training! ”

"Staff training?" Luo Xuan was even more puzzled. The staff of Wei Ze's army is indeed different from that of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and in the first month of this staff, Luo Jian admired the general staff system very much. If it must be said, the staff officers of Weeser's troops are not necessarily outstanding leaders. As a general, Luo Outline dares to be extraordinary. He could see that many of the staff officers in the staff were not good commanders. But in the staff department, everyone is doing what they are good at, and it's completely different. Everyone's good job is no worse than Luo Xuan's work. The military plan they worked out and the advice they provided, if it were implemented by an excellent commander like Luo Xuan, would save Luo Xuan a lot of effort.

Luo Xuan originally thought that these people in the staff department were all selected, and he was very suspicious that Wei Ze had any magical power to be able to select so many extremely excellent staff officers, and put these excellent staff officers in positions suitable for them. It's going to take a lot of effort to do it. After listening to Wei Changrong's words, he realized that Wei Ze's way of selecting staff personnel may be very different from what he imagined.

Wei Changrong didn't explain anything else first, he ordered someone to bring two steps and began to demonstrate to Luo Outline in person. Luo Xuan, a man in his fifties, has traveled from south to north and has seen a lot of things. Even if you don't know this fire hat qiang, you are also a person who knows the goods. As soon as he looked at the way the cartridges were loaded, he understood why rainy days had little effect on loading bullets. The paper shell effectively blocks the rainwater and does not allow the gunpowder to come into contact with the qiang pipe.

I pinched the gunpowder in a pinch of paper-shell bullets, these particles were relatively fine, but much coarser than gunpowder powder. The hard particles were indeed effective in avoiding moisture, but Luo was very suspicious that the thing could ignite.

And Huo Qiang in Wei Ze's troops did not have a medicine pool, Wei Changrong stood at a distance of more than 20 meters from a tree, buttoned Huo Qiang's fire cap, aimed at the trunk of the tree and put a qiang. It was really the first time Luo Jian had seen this new type of fire, and he saw that the trigger hit the fire cap, and then the qiang rang out, and the bullet hit the trunk of the tree accurately.

Wei Changrong also wanted to show off, there was a small river nearby, Wei Changrong soaked the bullet in the river water first, soaked all the shells, and then put the fire cap into the water to soak it, and then used his hands to pry the water on the qiang, and wet all the outside of the fire. Then he tore open the back end of the paper shell with his teeth, loaded the bullets, covered the fire cap, and fired again. The fire rang out normally, and in Luo Xuan's shocked sight, the bullet hit the trunk of the tree accurately.

"Let's go, let's see. The back one qiang is on the right. Wei Changrong said proudly to Luo Xuan.

Ro's eyesight was excellent, and he did see the bullet fired from behind hit the right side of the trunk. When I got closer, I saw that both bullets were embedded in the trunk of the tree, and the depth of the embedding was indistinguishable to the naked eye. At this time, Luo Jian felt that he was not mistaken. He also had decades of experience with fire, and had never heard of such an advanced weapon. The fire qiang that Wei Changrong took was the weapon of his dreams.

Wei Changrong saw Luo Xuan's doubts, and he asked Luo Xuanjiao to try qiang himself. Fiddling with the standard weapons of Weese's troops, Luo Xuan showed more differences. This kind of fire qiang is with sights, because the fire pool is canceled, and the trigger hits the side fire cap, so the fire qiang carries a front sight in the front and back, and there is a thing that Wei Changrong calls a ruler. After only listening to a few words, Luo Outline fully understood the three-point and one-line aiming rule, and after aiming at the tree trunk, Luo Outline also pulled the trigger.

After several times of drenching and not drenching, Huo Qiang's ten blows were all successful. Ordinary arquebuses can only be aimed roughly, so when you use them, you just have to roughly determine the direction. With the crosshair, the accuracy of shooting within 20 meters is greatly improved. Regardless of whether the fire qiang is wet or not, it will not affect its normal use.

"Commander Wei! This is too godly, isn't it? "Luo Outline is rarely a little incoherent.

"Brother Luo, my fourth uncle believed you. I can trust my fourth uncle, so naturally I can trust you. But after all, you are from the Winged King, and if I believe in you completely, it may not be. Wei Changrong said.

Luo Outline nodded, Wei Changrong was telling the truth, a person of Luo Outline's status suddenly came to defect, and no one would believe him unconditionally. And Wei Changrong can say such things now, which just proves that Wei Changrong also has a lot of trust in Luo Xuan.

Wei Changrong smiled and said, "I don't know what those people in Tianjing City think, and I don't know what the Wing King thinks. But after looking at the guy we used, if you think about it, Brother Luo, you should be able to understand that if my fourth uncle gives an order and enters Tianjing City, no one can stop it! ”

Luo Xuan could see that Wei Changrong's expression was arrogant, slightly murderous, and absolutely confident. After seeing the weapons of Wei Ze's troops, Luo Jian felt that it was normal for Wei Changrong to make such a statement. With this fire and a well-functioning General Staff, there is no reason why Wei Ze's 40,000 or 50,000 divisions of a hundred battles would be defeated by any Taiping Heavenly Kingdom troops. Even if the 100,000 Western Expeditionary Army commanded by the Wing King Shi Dakai fought against the 40,000 or 50,000 troops under Wei Ze who could fight in any weather, there was no possibility of final victory.

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan replied seriously: "Commander Wei, when I saw this qiang, I really believed it. No one could stop the men of Vedudus. ”

Wei Changrong saw that Luo Xuan's expression was firm, and he sighed: "My fourth uncle left Tianjing City, and he was really forced out. If we don't leave, sooner or later we will have to fight with our brothers in heaven. Once you start to do it, it will not be a matter of more than 10,000 people dying, and it is rare for 108,000 people to die. Therefore, my fourth uncle left Heaven for the sake of our brothers' lives and for the sake of the brothers in Heaven to survive. But I think that if my fourth uncle does this, the Heavenly Brothers may still underestimate us. Since Brother Luo and you have come to us, you can't think like that! ”

Of course, Luo Xuan no longer had the slightest intention of looking down on Wei Ze, but now he felt that Wei Ze was really very open-minded. If someone else sees Luo Outline coming to defect, no matter what, they have to give Luo Outline a disadvantage first, and then talk about anything else after deterring Luo Outline. And Wei Ze's respect for Luo Xuan was exactly the same as before he left the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. If it weren't for the fact that when he was going to attack Ganzhou, Luo Xuan would inevitably see the strength of Wei Ze's troops, and Wei Changrong was afraid that he would continue to keep a low profile.

Being so respected, Luo Xuan is indeed very grateful. However, he saw that the shock of the new-style fire qiang had faded a little, and he asked with some worry: "This fire qiang is good, but Ganzhou City is only afraid that it will be difficult to defeat it by relying on fire qiang, right?" ”

Wei Changrong smiled proudly, "Brother Luo, when it's time to attack the city, you just see how ruthless our artillery is!" ”

The troops arrived at the city of Ganzhou on April 27, and on the 28th, Wei Changrong's troops made hundreds of long ladders. On the evening of the 28th, it began to rain. On the morning of the 29th, the First Army began the siege of the city.

The defenders of Ganzhou closed the city gate, and from the binoculars, they saw that there were a large number of robes and hats shaking on the head of the city. The Qing army was also ready for defense. Many parts of the city wall are covered with white mist, and it is estimated that a large amount of boiling water, hot oil and other defensive equipment for the siege were burned in those places.

Luo Xuan has had many experiences in attacking cities, so he naturally has his own methods of attacking cities. can look at the first army's strict shape, the siege troops are lined up in dozens of columns, and there is a long ladder next to each column, how will this seemingly ordinary brute attack procession act. Luo Xuan didn't dare to speculate in his heart.

Wei Ze's cannons are also different, whether it is the Taiping army or the Qing army, the cannons are all in the gun position. Weeser's cannon was mounted on wooden wheels. This arrangement allowed the gun carriages to keep up with the march, and even in the mountains, the sports cars could be pushed by artillery crews to get to the position quickly. However, the cannon that can keep up with the march looks very slender, the cannon body is not thick enough, and the muzzle is relatively small. These small cannons are afraid that they will not pose any threat to the tall and strong Ganzhou city wall. Although he didn't want to speculate, Luo Jian couldn't help but guess.

However, after seeing that the commander of the artillery unit sent people to the headquarters of the 1st Brigade in charge of the attack to convey the order of Wan, he began to wave the flag. Soon, the artillery under the large oilcloth umbrella sprayed white smoke, and most of the shells hit the city wall, and as Luo Jian imagined, the shells did not pose much threat to the solid masonry wall.

The second round of shelling soon began, and this time, more than half of the shells fell on the walls, which was much more devastating. Luo Xuan saw with his own eyes that the banner of the Qing army on the city wall was discounted by cannonballs and fell diagonally. With such an accuracy of shelling, if you want to come to the city wall of Ganzhou, you are only afraid that the morale will plummet. Luo Xuan was overjoyed.

The third round of shelling soon began, and this time, after thirty cannons opened fire, only a third of the shells hit the top of the city walls. However, to his surprise, the cannonballs that hit the top of the city wall exploded, as did some of the shells that hit the front of the city wall. The violent explosion shook the city wall, and even the tremors caused by the explosion could be clearly felt at the feet of Luo Jian in the distance.

It is already extremely surprising that so many shells accurately hit the target, and the shells that can explode are even more beyond Luo Xuan's imagination. Standing straight, Luo Xuan, who had seen countless storms, didn't know that he had grown his mouth. Some even drooled.

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