Chapter 25: Going to Jiangxi (7)

A round of artillery lasted more than ten minutes, and after the scheduled walls were plowed with flowering shells, the shelling stopped. Hundreds of soldiers of the Guangfu Army carried 20 long ladders under the city of Ganzhou on the main island and erected long ladders on the city wall. Someone holds down the bottom of the long ladder and tries to keep the long ladder steady. The commandos behind carried Huo Qiang on their backs and climbed up the long ladder with great speed.

Looking at the vigorous figures of the soldiers, the scene he had seen immediately appeared in Luo Xuan's mind, these elite soldiers quickly climbed up the long ladder, and the Qing army on the top of the city condescended to fire a volley, stones, lime, boiling water, and hot oil rained down like a torrential rain.

However, this was just the idea in Luo Xuan's mind, these soldiers climbed to the top of the city and occupied the city wall, and the red military flag was erected high on the head of Ganzhou City. In the process of ascending the city, there was no enemy counterattack. As the walls of the Guangfu military control zhì became wider and wider, more long ladders were erected. The Liberation Army rushed to the city wall at a faster rate.

At the time of the siege, it was not raining heavily. As the Guangfu army went to the city one after another, God seemed to be stimulated, the wind was tight, the rain was heavy, and the originally clear vision was also a little blurred. However, Luo Xuan did not know whether the inconvenience caused by the wind and rain was a good thing or a bad thing for the Guangfu Army compared with the weakening of the combat capability of the Qing army.

The sound of qiang sounded again in the city, judging from the sound, most of the shots were fired from the direction of the Guangfu army, and the Qing army's return fire was very weak. When the city gate opened, Luo Xuan finally returned to normal, and he asked Wei Changrong in a stimulated and wooden tone: "This battle is almost over, right?" ”

Wei Changrong replied a little absent-mindedly: "There are quite a lot of things in the back, exterminate the Qing army and dispose of the prisoners." Now that Ganzhou has also entered the rainy season, the stationing of troops is also a troublesome matter. ”

Luo Outline is very unaccustomed to Wei Changrong's answer, and this answer is inevitably a little incorrect. So he emphasized the problem again, "Commander Wei, I mean the war!" ”

"That's pretty much the end of the battle, isn't it? We will first control the key points and force the Qing army to stop. Look at ......" Wei Changrong said as he pointed to the artillery position, between which the artillerymen loosened the brakes of the artillery carriages, the people in front dragged them with ropes, and the people behind pushed hard, and the wheels of the artillery carriages sparkled on the undulating road, towards the open city gate.

Without Wei Changrong to explain again, Luo Xuan also understood the battle behind. The Guangfu Army can completely ignore the strongholds that the Qing army is still guarding, and the Guangfu Army even hopes that the Qing army can hold in the stronghold. As long as these strongholds were divided so that the Qing army could not be contacted, the remaining fortified positions could be calmly solved by artillery and infantry. After having overwhelming artillery and fire, the battle was a bit boring at this point, and the Qing army had no chance of turning the tables at all.

"Commander Wei......" Luo Xuan asked a little hesitantly after thinking for a moment, "Guangdong is now starting to enter the rainy season, which is also in Wei Dudu's calculations, right?" ”

Not long ago, the officers who saw the staff thought that Wei Ze had long expected that the Jiangxi march would not be hindered in any way, and Luo Xuan still felt that these people were too taken for granted. Now that he has seen the excellent performance of the Liberation Army on a rainy day, Luo Xuan has to admit that Wei Ze's judgment of many things may be far more far-reaching than what he sees on the surface.

As a well-known hero in Guangzhou, Luo Outline is very aware that Guangdong has entered the rainy season. Ordinary armies would encounter too many difficulties in attacking the city of Guangzhou during the rainy season, and the Qing army, which was defending the city of Guangzhou, had a huge advantage. But that was already the old Huang calendar, in front of the new artillery and infantry qiang, the Qing army guarding the city of Guangzhou was inconvenient because of the rainy day, and would only be slaughtered by the sophisticated firearms of the Guangfu army in the field battle, and the defense of the city was completely passively beaten, and there were very few opportunities to move. Luo Xuan could think of these things himself, and he didn't think that Wei Ze couldn't think of them.

"We expected the rainy season for a long time." Wei Changhui's answer confirmed Luo Xuan's guess, and Wei Changrong continued to say confidently, "The 20,000 Qing troops defending Guangzhou in Guangdong are not our opponents at all. As long as there is no interception by the Qing army in Jiangxi, and there is no pursuit by the Qing army behind us, after killing Shaoguan, we will have no enemies to fear. ”

For such a confident statement, Luo Xuan had nothing to say, so he could only nod deeply. However, a question popped up in Luo Xuan's heart. When Wei Ze was crowned king, many people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom felt that Wei Ze was just lucky, and he followed Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, so that he could become the first person to be crowned king after the kings of Yong'an. Looking at it now, Weizer has a strength far beyond what others know about him. It can be said that Weeser concealed a considerable part of his true strength. If Wei Ze really showed such strength early on, would those people in the Tianjing Revolution still dare to take action against Yang Xiuqing?

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan couldn't help but feel a kind of fear for Wei Ze, how deep is the heart of this simple and bright young man, and what kind of secrets are hidden that he has not told others. So much so that the high-level leaders of the Heavenly Kingdom, including heroes like Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, failed to see through Wei Ze?

On April 3o, the Qing army in Ganzhou City had been completely wiped out. The First Army tightly surrounded Ganzhou before the siege, and it was inconvenient to march in rainy days, not only did none of the civil officials and military generals in Ganzhou escape, but even ordinary soldiers could escape.

On May 6, the rear team led by Wei Ze arrived in Ganzhou City. The First Army had been revised for a week by this time, and the first order after Weeser arrived was to ask if the First Army could carry out the original plan. In the original plan, the target of going south to Guangzhou was the Fogang Military and Civilian Department of the Guangdong Buzheng Division, which was fifty miles away from the city of Guangzhou. The Fogang Military and Civil Department of the Guangdong Political Department is a Guangzhou direct subordinate unit established by the two counties of Qingyuan and Yingde during the Daoguang period. After conquering here, it is only a step away from Guangzhou City.

The First Army had also fully explored the situation in Guangdong during the period of recuperation, and Wei Changrong immediately put forward the construction proposed by Luo's outline, "Now that the brothers of the Tiandihui in Guangdong have been killed very badly by the militia group, our troops should not advance by leaps and bounds for the time being, and fight to Shaoguan first to help the brothers of the Tiandihui of this generation." ”

Luo Outline looked at Wei Ze's thoughtful expression a little nervously, during this period of rest, no matter how busy he was with his work, Luo Outline had to take some time out every day to receive the training that staff officers needed. The training that these ordinary staff officers of the staff department had received made Luo Xuan feel extremely shocked, astronomy, geography, mathematics, physiology, in just a few days, these basic courses caused great confusion to Luo Xuan, but also to this famous Liangguang hero felt that a door had been opened in front of his eyes, and looking out from this gate, it was a world that he had never thought of before.

Hong Xiuquan claims to be the king of heaven and says that he is the reincarnation of Jesus' younger brother, and Luo Xuan resolutely does not believe this kind of nonsense. But after learning the knowledge in Weze's troops, he couldn't help but wonder if Weezer had some non-human factors. And Luo Xuan actually knew a little bit about Wei Ze, in Yong'an City, many brothers were sick and had a high fever. Wei Ze also had a high fever for several days, and according to Wei Changrong, who took care of Wei Ze, Wei Ze was in a coma for seven days. Late at night on the seventh day, Weese suddenly lost his fever. The next day, he was almost back to normal.

It is said that the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan also had such an experience, and then the enlightenment as the younger brother of Jesus was born. But Wei Ze, who really gave birth to such a thing, has not had any publicity about this matter. If Wei Ze himself used this as a propaganda slogan, Luo Xuan would not believe it in any way. But Wei Ze didn't say it, this matter was still Yang Xiuqing occasionally talked about it, and Luo Outline asked Wei Changrong for verification in the past few days, and Wei Changrong was forced to talk about it. This kind of expression made Luo Xuan have a lot of ideas in his heart.

For someone like Wees, the way things are handled is certainly different from everyone else, and he is more determined than others. Luo Xuan knew very well that if Wei Ze was alone and his troops were not strong in combat, he would definitely need the support of the Heaven and Earth Society. But Wei Ze himself is not short of people first, and secondly, the troops are strong in combat, and this army under Wei Ze alone can solve the city of Guangzhou. The brothers of the Restoration Society are not so much the help and internal response of Weizer as a potential anti-Weese force.

Looking at Wei Ze's calm and thoughtful appearance, there was something in his calm and plain expression that was definitely not kind. Luo Xuan became more and more worried, and Wei Ze was only afraid that he would not simply agree to this matter.

"We can stop the militias and the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society from killing each other, but we can't attack either side." Wei Ze thought for a while and finally said.

"Why?" Wei Changrong obviously didn't have Luo Xuan's experience in the world, but he really thought that Wei Ze would strongly support the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society. He asked, surprised.

Wei Ze replied slowly: "We want to occupy Guangdong, from the perspective of occupying Guangdong, whether it is the militia or the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society. They are all the people under our hands in the future. There is no reason for us to take indiscriminate favour to either side. ”

Hearing this, Luo Xuan had already understood Wei Ze's thoughts. On the contrary, Wei Changrong still didn't understand, and he asked: "Dudu, the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society should be from our side. ”

Wei Ze didn't even look at Luo Xuan, he stared at Wei Changrong and asked, "Commander Wei, there are brothers from the Heaven and Earth Society in our army, and there are many more. That's all right, but let me ask you a question, are these people the officers and soldiers in our army first, or the people of the Heaven and Earth Society? ”

"This ......" Wei Changrong understood Wei Ze's words intellectually, but he still obviously failed to accept it emotionally.

Wei Ze saw that Wei Changrong had nothing to say, so he turned his head to look at Luo Xuan, "Deputy Chief of Staff Luo, we are here to fight the Qing army in Guangdong, not to fight the Guangzhou militia. So I think we can stop the two sides from continuing to fight, but we don't have to completely support the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society. Besides, as far as you said, the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society were killed very badly by the militia group, and we can get the two sides to stop fighting, and we will really help the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society. But if the militia insists on following the Manchu government, then we have to beat them too, do you think that's the reason? ”

Listening to Wei Ze's calm analysis, Luo Xuan couldn't say anything other than nodding yes. Wei Ze is right, from the perspective of the Governor's Mansion, whether the other party is a brother of the Heaven and Earth Society or a famous group in Guangdong is actually meaningless. The Restoration Governor's Mansion led by Wei Ze will only support one kind of person, that is, those who obey the Governor's Mansion. This was true for Wesser, and it was true for all the members of the Governor's Palace.

After confirming this, Luo Xuan replied: "I will listen to the orders of the governor!" ”

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