The result of the discussion at the meeting was to ignore Jiang Zhongyuan's training and preparation for the time being. After the meeting, Wei Ze called Wei Changrong to have a small meeting with Zhang Yingchen.

"Ying Chen, is this master in the habit of being a commander?" Wei Ze asked with a pleasant face.

Of course, Zhang Yingchen felt very unaccustomed, and after looking at Wei Ze's face, Zhang Yingchen said perfunctorily: "Prime Minister, you can still do it." ”

Wei Ze patted the stool next to him and asked Zhang Yingchen to sit down next to him. Then he said: "Ying Chen, we were born and died together, among these twenty or so old brothers, I am most optimistic about you, Changrong, and Lin Asheng brothers." Now both of them are doing a good job, whether they are leading the troops or in the General Staff, they are both very happy. I see that you are unhappy, I just want to chat with you, no matter how hard things are, I can't let my brother be wronged. ”

Zhang Yingchen felt warm in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, I don't feel wronged, I just think we are very different from before." ”

"Sit, sit!" Wei Ze first asked Zhang Yingchen to sit down, and then asked, "What's the difference?" ”

Seeing Wei Ze's kind attitude, Zhang Yingchen also simply said what was in his heart, "Prime Minister, I think you are a little biased. Some of our old brothers are not as fast as the new brothers, but you are building a general staff and transferring. These old brothers don't talk as much as they used to. ”

After listening to Zhang Yingchen's complaints, Wei Ze smiled dryly and waved his hand, "Yingchen, I'm not asking you to fight for the old brothers, I'm asking what makes you feel unhappy." ”

Zhang Yingchen thought about it carefully, but he didn't know what he was unhappy about, he just felt very lost. When he followed Wei Ze half a year ago, Zhang Yingchen felt that he was unique in Wei Ze's army with his ability to recognize the way and distinguish the direction. Now there are more and more brothers with talent in this area, and in the rules set by Wei Ze, the selected brothers have nothing to do with Zhang Yingchen. Even Zhang Yingchen, the chief of staff, was easily deprived. The original reconnaissance unit and staff officers were assigned to various units, and they had nothing to do with Zhang Yingchen in a blink of an eye.

And Wei Changrong, Hu Chenghe, and even many new brothers are getting bigger and bigger as they become officials, and there are more and more subordinates. As for him Zhang Yingchen, he doesn't have his own headquarters, but he has the meaning of being alone.

Just when Zhang Yingchen felt a burst of sadness in his heart, Wei Changrong couldn't help but speak, "Yingchen, if you think that these old brothers have their own subordinates, and you are alone now, then you are wrong." When we were in Yong'an, there were only 3oo people in total. Now you alone have a thousand soldiers and horses, which is a quarter of the whole army. What else do you not be satisfied with? ”

This was said quite impulsively, and Zhang Yingchen was also excited, "You let me lead so many people, I still don't want to!" I just wanted to lead the idea of the original staff. ”

Seeing that the two were going to quarrel again, Wei Ze felt dizzy, he was very bad at dealing with this kind of thing, and Wei Ze felt that if he felt difficult at work, it was nothing, but he was completely unhappy at work, then he really had to adjust his position. Not to mention that a high-ranking officer like Zhang Yingchen must be very enthusiastic about his position. "Okay, okay, stop arguing! Ying Chen, tell you the truth, what do you want to do? ”

Zhang Yingchen thought for a moment, and then replied: "Prime Minister, I just want to follow you." Follow you and do anything! ”

Wei Ze was a little puzzled by this, could it be that Zhang Yingchen still just wanted to be a close minister? Or is Zhang Yingchen not adaptable to the current organizational system, so he can't integrate into the new system?

But Zhang Yingchen spoke, and Wei Ze couldn't disrespect Zhang Yingchen's meaning, he said: "Then let's do it, I want to build an organization department now, which is responsible for the assessment and promotion of officers at all levels." This requires our old brother to be in charge, originally I really couldn't find an old brother to do this, if Ying Chen is willing, then do this first. You see how. ”

Zhang Yingchen asked Wei Ze for a while, and then now this organization department is in charge, and immediately agreed, "I'm willing to do this!" ”

Wei Changrong was so angry that he couldn't help but laugh at Zhang Yingchen for wanting to manage people to the point of confusion. But Zhang Yingchen didn't care at all after listening to it, "I just want to be an official!" Regarding this demonic attitude, Wei Changrong could only let Zhang Yingchen make his own choice.

After temporarily straightening out the internal problems, Wei Ze finally put his mind on combat. Soon, based on the successful experience of the past, the Operations Section of the General Staff came up with a plan, if Jiang Zhongyuan and Zhang Guoliang blindly attacked Jiang Hua and Yongming, then Wei Ze and Luo Xuan would send troops together to fight a battle of encirclement and annihilation.

But on August 6, before Wei Ze could make further adjustments to the upper echelons of the troops, Wei Ze received an order from Yang Xiuqing, the supreme commander of the Taiping Army. The order required Wei Ze to join forces with Luo Gang and rush back to Daozhou as soon as possible.

"Zhang Shishuai really guessed right!" Ke Gongyu, the commander of the teaching brigade, said in surprise, "Prime Minister, what should we do now?" ”

"The king of the east has an order, and we naturally have to obey it. But we can't let the demons follow us so simply. "Wei Ze and Lin Fengxiang have had some discussions together, and he agrees with some of the views put forward by Lin Fengxiang." We will now select an elite army and take the mountain road to Guanyang to scare the Qing Demon, so that they will think that we are ready to fight Guanyang again. When they were stubbornly defending Guanyang, we could also calmly withdraw our troops. ”

Wei Ze's voice fell, Zhang Yingchen got up and said, "I am willing to lead the team to send troops!" ”

Looking at Zhang Yingchen carefully, I saw that he had a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face, and he didn't dare to look directly at Wei Ze. Wei Ze put a heart in his stomach, it seems that Zhang Yingchen is no longer in love, and is ready to be his commander in the first division honestly. Wei Ze was naturally very happy about Zhang Yingchen's thoughts, and the core members of the army made an awkward scene, and Wei Ze was really very difficult to deal with.

"I don't think that's okay? It's too late. Hu Chenghe said, "Send a force to feint to attack Guanyang, it is useless to send less, and send more to go slowly." It takes at least one day to go back and forth in the mountains for the first time, and it will take another day to scare the demons. After delaying these two days, the brothers in the back chased after him, but I was afraid that they would not be able to catch up with the team. If you want to fight those Qing demons, it is better to set up an ambush on the retreat road and lead the Qing demons into the encirclement and annihilate them. According to the regulations of the battle planning system, it is more cost-effective to fight like this. ”

Weeser not only formulated regulations on combat technology and how to formulate combat plans, but also had corresponding regulations. After all, this is a completely new unit, and there is no need to expect this unit to have deep experience in warfare. Relying on existing knowledge and experience to make a very rigid plan is not efficient, but it is also a solution. At least there won't be anything like a slap on the head.

Moreover, Hu Chenghe's proposal to build yì is decent, even if there is no subtlety, it cannot be called a stupid trick. Everyone had no better way, and they couldn't find any objections, so they passed through Hu Chenghe's Jianyi.

With direction, the rest of the work begins to be done. Where to set up an ambush and how to lure the Qing army into quick pursuit. After some discussion, the General Staff decided on the combat plan.

On August 7, Jiang Zhongyuan's troops arrived very cautiously outside the county seat of Jianghua County. But he saw that the gate of the county seat was wide open, and the city was empty. This situation looks very familiar, when Jiang Zhongyuan led the team to approach Guanyang for the third time, Guanyang City was like this.

"Send someone to take a look!" Jiang Zhongyuan said. Now the prefect of the Manchu Dynasty no longer has the intention of underestimating the Taiping army, and the defeat under the city of Guanyang left an unforgettable impression on him. The two sides were in a dignified position, and the officers and troops were beaten by the rebels. Most of the Qing army in Guangxi had been defeated by the Taiping army, but Jiang Zhongyuan was a rare Qing army that was able to win in battle. It is precisely because he has killed nearly 1,000 Taiping troops that Jiang Zhongyuan has also obtained today's status.

Jiang Zhongyuan was quite confident in himself, and this confidence was based on several victories against the Taiping army. Guanyang's fiasco shattered Jiang Zhongyuan's confidence. These days, he has repeatedly recalled the battle and meditated on how he could win. In the face of the seemingly undefended Yongming County, Jiang Zhongyuan was very cautious.

A small group of Qing troops approached the wide open city gate, and just arrived in front of the city gate, they saw a dozen people suddenly standing on the city wall, and a musket was fired. This was really not very good, more than a dozen people gathered firepower, and only one Qing soldier was wounded. The rest of the Qing army was so frightened that they fled back to Jiang Zhongyuan's team from the city gate.

Jiang Zhongyuan concentrated on looking at the city, but saw the group of Taiping troops bent down and hid behind the battlements of the city wall. Recalling the shelling in the last battle, Jiang Zhongyuan raised his hand and ordered: "Retreat!" ”

According to Jiang Zhongyuan's order, Chu Yong quickly retreated.

Three hours later, Weeser got the news. The troops at the head of the city were newly formed reconnaissance troops, and the soldiers were very clever, seeing that Jiang Zhongyuan did not give the order to storm the county seat of Yongming, they immediately bent down and retreated from the head of the city.

"It's not smooth!" Weeser said to his brothers in the War Department.

Hu Chenghe, head of the War Department, scratched his head, and the General Staff Headquarters also considered the possibility of such a situation. If the distance between the troops and the Qing army was too far from a certain march, it would not be appropriate to lay a dry ambush. Hu Cheng and Jian said: "Prime Minister, let's withdraw." The brothers of these reconnaissance units are fast-legged, and the Qing army can't outrun them. It's too far away from the brigade, but it's not necessary. ”

At this time, the team had been gone for nearly four hours, and Wei Ze also felt that there was no point in waiting so stupidly. Originally, one of the basic conditions in the battle plan was to lure the enemy, and if Jiang Zhongyuan immediately sent a large team to chase after him after encountering an attack, it would be called luring the enemy. At present, this basic condition does not exist, and the entire battle plan has to be adjusted.

"Withdraw!" Weeser gave the order. When the troops withdrew from the ambush sites to the road, the reconnaissance troops far behind did not send news of the Qing army's pursuit.

As the troops began to march, Weser couldn't help but turn his head and look back. Looking at the empty road, Wei Ze said with the sour taste peculiar to the disappointment of a selfish person: "Jiang Zhongyuan has learned wisely! ”

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