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"The king of the east ordered our troops to divide into two routes, go north with Lin Fengxiang and others all the way, and come back after hitting Fengyang. The other way is to the west, marching into Hanyang and Hankou. At the same time as Wei Ze introduced the content of the order, the military order from Tianjing City began to circulate among the congregation generals of the Luzhou Military Conference.

Everyone had developed a habit of listening to orders, and their eyes fell on a huge map of China, and after reading Wen Jiàn handed Wen Jiàn to others, they also began to look at that map. No one showed a happy expression, but the generals had gloomy faces, and their unhappy feelings were not hidden.

Wei Ze continued: "Since the king of the east asked us to garrison Anqing and attack Luzhou, if we want to come to Anhui, we will definitely fight in two places to the north and east. The westward march to Hanyang and Hankou was also indispensable. It's just a matter of fighting early and late. ”

"But we are only more than 10,000 people now, and we have to defend Anqing and Luzhou, but also go north and west, and this force is simply insufficient." Hu Chenghe implicitly put forward a completely different idea from Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East.

Wei Ze nodded slightly, "I might as well tell you that it is difficult to succeed in going north." If we were able to capture Guilin and other places in Guangxi, and pacify Changsha and Hengzhou (Hengyang) in Hunan, we would definitely not have hit Tianjing. Since Tianjing had just been occupied, the labor division expedition raided Beijing, there were no reinforcements, no grain and grass, and this battle was not easy to fight. ”

"Then why didn't the prime minister play the king of the east and let the troops not fight like this?" Hu Chenghe asked.

Wei Ze replied slowly: "I said it doesn't count!" It's better not to say it. Besides, I'm waiting in Anqing and Luzhou, and it's only a matter of time before I go north. ”

These words completely blocked Hu Chenghe's complaints, no matter from which point of view, Wei Ze had no possibility of convincing Yang Xiuqing.

After the attempt to consider the strategy from the perspective of the Anqing Taiping Army was denied, Ke Gongyu took over the conversation, "Prime Minister, then how do you think we should arrange the strategy now." ”

"Guarding the river must guard the Huai! This is the inevitable law of the armed forces occupying Tianjing City. Now we can't take care of the Northern Expedition, but we have to take care of the affairs of Anhui. At present, we have occupied the three cities of Tianjing, Yangzhou, and Zhenjiang, and the Qing army can fight from all directions. The Qing demon surrounded the three cities of Tianjing, Yangzhou, and Zhenjiang with large camps in the north and south, and we had to control the places south of the Huai River, collect taxes, and levy soldiers. Then he kicked the camp in the north of the Yangtze River and built a Huai River defense line, so that the Qing army in the Huai River area could not go south......"

Wei Ze talked eloquently, and all the generals who could understand looked at Wei Ze with adoring eyes. Generals who don't understand often ask. And Weese answered the questions one by one. Gradually, the generals understood Weese's thoughts.

In this strategy, Wei Ze followed the path of the traditional Chinese Southern Dynasties. As a general of Anhui, Wei Ze's strategy does not need to consider westward expansion, or westward expansion to Hanyang and Hankou at most, so the strategic framework is much simpler. The core of the defense system of the traditional Southern Dynasties is to defend the river and the Huai. In the Huai River area, he repeatedly fought with the enemy in the north for the control of the Huai River, and at the same time marched westward and eastward, and successively won Lianghu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou. Eventually, the forces were gathered and the Northern Expedition was carried out.

If you have watched a documentary about the Huaihai Campaign, you can understand this very clearly. But after all, the cultural process of the peasant army is limited, and this knowledge is no less than a fantasy for everyone. In fact, this cannot be blamed on the peasant army, even the Manchu Qing officials in this era are few people who can systematically summarize such a strategy.

Weeser was only halfway through his explanation, and the generals were already excited. When Wei Ze finished speaking, all the generals showed joy. Anqing was hundreds of miles away from Tianjing, the core base of the Taiping Army, a distance that was unimaginable to ordinary people during the Manchu era. Even the generals who fought all the way here from Guangxi were not very comfortable when they saw that Anqing was hanging alone outside the core base of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on the map.

The strategy proposed by Weeser is logical and detailed. If this can be done, the future of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to unify the world will be clearly visible. This feeling of eye-opening made the generals feel that their hearts were open, and the more stable Hu Chenghe simply shouted well, while the other generals had already begun to shout happily.

Wei Ze slapped the table for a while before everyone quieted down. "Brothers, no matter how well planned, you have to do it little by little. I repeat, if you want to fight, you have to have food and soldiers. The troops also have to be well trained. Without these foundations, without these preparations, a qiē is empty. ”

"Prime Minister! Just say what we should do! Ke Gongyu said loudly, "There is the prime minister to show the way, we will fight wherever you point!" ”

"Exactly!" Lei Hu also said excitedly, "Originally, I thought it was not easy to make meritorious contributions to wars, but now I see that there are more battles to be fought." ”

"Then I'll assign the task. The first and fifth divisions followed me north and sent Lin Fengxiang and others across the Huai River. The second division was stationed in Luzhou, Shucheng and Tongcheng. The 3rd Division will prepare now and go to the countryside to set up its flag. Let those landlords in the countryside know that we have many soldiers and can fight. In any case, it is necessary to pay taxes on the grain in the Luzhou area. ”

Ruan Xihao, the commander of the Third Division, asked: "If those landlords refuse to pay taxes after completing the grain, what should we do?" ”

Wei Ze propped his left elbow on the table, pinched his goatee with his fingers, and said with a cruel smile: "Then sue them, they just think that the Qing Demon can still fight back to Luzhou." Then we'll wait a month to visit these people, and if they still won't, we'll kill them!" You still have to do it when you should do it! ”

On May 18, Wei Ze, who was heading north, led his troops to Dingyuan City. The Qing army in Dingyuan City fled, and Wei Ze easily took Dingyuan. On May 19, Lin Fengxiang led the troops to Dingyuan.

"Brother Wei, let you fight the vanguard again!" Lin Fengxiang smiled when he saw Wei Ze who greeted him outside the city.

"Brother Lin, you have to go all the way to fight Beijing, and my brother will open the way for you, what is there to say." Weeser also laughed.

Li Kaifang, the local official who followed Lin Fengxiang, was not familiar with Wei Ze, so he just said hello to Wei Ze, but did not say anything more.

Lin Fengxiang asked: "Brother Wei fights, brother, I have always been convinced. But I don't know what Brother Wei thinks? ”

Wei Ze smiled: "Brother Lin, you also know that I am fighting, where do you have any ideas, just line up and fight with the Qing Demon." ”

Hearing this, Li Kaifang's face changed slightly, and he looked a little speechless and stopped. Lin Fengxiang paused for a moment before saying, "If that's the case, can you let Brother Wei be the vanguard?" ”

Although Wei Ze didn't know what the two wanted to say, he didn't have to figure it out, he replied, "Yes! ”

After discussing the next method, Wei Ze led his troops to go ahead the next day. Because Wei Ze seized Luzhou, the main base of the Qing army in Anhui became Suzhou.

Weese's troops marched north, but saw many victims along the way. When he was in Luzhou, Wei Ze heard that this year's spring famine was very noisy, but this place in Luzhou was still passable, and he didn't feel such a problem for the time being. In Dingyuan, the number of victims has increased. Moreover, many victims of the disaster saw Wei Ze's large army marching, and even asked to be able to "join the gang"!

For this kind of "joining", Weeser was not happy. The purpose of the disaster victims following the large team is to eat together in this spring famine, and everyone meets each other, where is there any loyalty at all. So Wei Ze just gave them a little bit of food, and Jianyì These people stayed in Dingyuan, or went to Luzhou. And did not take them away.

The troops went straight to Shouzhou City. Shouzhou is an important town in Huaibei, located in the Dabie Mountains. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was also one of the important places guarded by the rebel army. It is an important step to control Fengyang, complete the strategy of controlling the Huai River, and capture Shouzhou.

Before he arrived outside Shouzhou City, he met people who came to join the army. After being brought to Wees, he immediately turned over and knelt down. "I've seen adults in Xia Xu Kaiwen!"

"This brother, please, it is said that you want to join the army?" These days, there are a lot of people blocking the road and asking to join the army, Wei Ze saw that Xu Kaiwen's clothes and complexion were not the appearance of disaster victims, so he felt that he could talk to him.

Xu Kaiwen received Wei Ze's courtesy, and immediately said excitedly: "My lord, the villain is from Shouzhou, and he is oppressed by the Manchurians in Shouzhou. I heard that the Taiping army killed all the Manchus in Nanjing, and they want to kill all the Manchus in the world, and the villain has been waiting for the adults to come to Shouzhou for a long time! ”

There are eight banner soldiers in the city of Nanjing, and there are also Manchurian cities inhabited by 20,000 or 30,000 banner people. After the Taiping army entered Nanjing, the magistrates and the army were killed, and the bannermen stuck to the Manchurian city and refused to surrender. Yang Xiuqing's persuasion to surrender was fruitless, so he could only attack the city. In the end, he killed all the 20,000 or 30,000 people in the Manchurian city. Wei Ze also sent people to spread the word everywhere, this year the Manchurians are above China, and the banner people have all kinds of privileges. Although Wei Ze has not dealt with the banner people, he still has to make use of the contradictions that can be exploited. I didn't expect to get the results here.

"Did you know that we were going to attack Shouzhou?" Weeser asked.

"Know! The villain is willing to help the adult! Xu Kaiwen said excitedly, "The villain's family also has some roots in Shouzhou, and some of the Green Camp brothers who defend the city are also friends of the villain." If the adults are willing to let the villain serve, when the adults attack the city of Shouzhou, the villain may be able to persuade those brothers to open the city! ”

Wei Ze stared at Xu Kaiwen, "It's naturally best to open the city gate." However, if you hit the city, it is extremely difficult to open the city. I don't want you to let them open the city, as long as you can throw down a few ropes so that our brothers can climb the walls, that's a big achievement! ”

Hearing that what Wei Ze asked to do was so simple, Xu Kaiwen became even more excited. "My lord! The villain will definitely be able to do this! ”

"Brother Xu, the official positions in our Taiping Army are all fought by fighting, I can't allow you to be a military attaché!" Weeser continued.

Hearing Wei Ze's straightforward refusal to seal the official, Xu Kaiwen's face darkened slightly, but he still insisted and said, "The villain really wants to serve the adult, and a little official position is not a problem." ”

Wei Ze nodded with satisfaction, "Although the military attache can't let you do it, if you can capture Shouzhou City, the civil officials in this city don't need military merit." When the time comes, you will definitely let Brother Xu be a big official! ”

"Thank you, sir!" Xu Kaiwen said happily.

Two days later, Wei Ze's troops reached the city of Shouzhou. In the past two days, Xu Kaiwen has already told Wei Ze about his experience, the Xu family is also a small wealthy family in Shouzhou, and they have also been out of Jinshi several generations ago. However, the children and grandchildren after that couldn't study, only Xu Kaiwen's grandfather was admitted to the Juren, and the others didn't even get a fame. After the family road has no strong support, it cannot be talked about decline, but it also has the meaning of declining.

Five years ago, Xu Kaiwen's father fought for land with someone, and that person found a way for the local flag man official, so the nightmare of the Xu family began.

In those years, the magistrates had eaten the plaintiff and the defendant, and the entrance of the yamen was open to the south, so there was no reason to come in if there was no money. What's more, the Xu family may not be reasonable. The land competition failed, and the Xu family lost a lot of money. As a local hero, the Xu family also put some cruel words, but was hated by the local officials who were born in the banner.

As a strong man, the Xu family was originally responsible for helping the Manchus collect taxes, and they offended a lot of people. There are magistrates behind the scenes, and a lot of lawsuits have come one after another, and the Xu family has lost every lawsuit. If it is a Han official, the Xu family may still be able to resist it, but the status of the banner officials is even higher than that of the Han officials, and the Xu family is powerless to fight at all. The family property has been lost, and it has changed from a local tyrant to a guy who can be bullied.

"My lord! If you can capture Shouzhou, the villain only asks for one thing, and hand over the prefect's family to the villain to take back to deal with! When Xu Kaiwen said this, his resentment was from the bottom of his heart, and what he said was sincere. That resentment made even Wei Ze feel a little chilly.

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