While the kings of heaven were discussing their next steps, Zhang Yingchen, the king of bravery, sat there and listened steadily. Everyone didn't expect Zhang Yingchen to speak, the Imperial Forest Army could not have its own independent combat proposition, just as it was impossible for the kings' personal guards to say that they would go into battle if they wanted to.

The result of the discussion is also very clear, and now the greatest threat to the Kingdom of Heaven are the two forces, Zeng Guoquan and Bao Chao of the Hunan Army. Although Zeng Guoquan had a higher status, his troops only had more than 10,000 people, and he suffered more than 6,000 casualties during Lin Fengxiang's strong counterattack. Because Zeng Guoquan was forced to leave the battlefield first, more than 1,000 lightly wounded people retreated, and more than 2,000 people left on the battlefield were killed by Lin Fengxiang. Overall, Zeng Guoquan lost 5,000 elites. Combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

If Bao Chao's 20,000 troops could be dealt a fatal blow, the 50,000 naval troops of the Hunan army would at most cross the river, but they would not be a strong opponent in land warfare. After the generals found the idea of defeating the enemy, Lin Fengxiang turned his head and asked Zhang Yingchen, "Brother Zhang, if we can say that the king of heaven can be moved and let Brother Zhang send troops to you, do you think we can win Bao Chao head-on?" ”

The kings were all stunned, they never expected that Lin Fengxiang would dare to contact Zhang Yingchen publicly. In everyone's opinion, Zhang Yingchen's biggest role is to inform Hong Xiuquan of the results of the kings' discussions.

Zhang Yingchen closed his eyes and thought for a moment, "It is impossible for the Royal Forest Army to attack with the whole army, but if the Heavenly King names me to fight, I can still do it with six thousand soldiers and horses." With 6,000 people facing Bao Chao's 20,000 horses, self-protection can still be done. ”

"That's great!" Lin Fengxiang said happily. Others have little contact with Zhang Yingchen, but Lin Fengxiang has a high opinion of Zhang Yingchen. This person has gone through so many hardships and has become more and more calm. This kind of composure is exactly what the commander of the army needs most. Moreover, Lin Fengxiang's elite losses at this time were also very large, even if the two elites of Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng were assembled, the field army that could show their hands was only about 12,000. If Zhang Yingchen's 6,000 men can join, 18,000 against Bao Chao's 20,000, the odds will become very good.

After the results of the discussion came out, Lin Fengxiang formally proposed his own proposal to Hong Xiuquan at the court meeting. Led by Lin Fengxiang, Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, and Yang Fuqing, the elite of the three armies gathered together and first hit Bao Chao's troops with all their might. The encirclement of Tianjing City, which was about to form, could be temporarily alleviated. In the end, Lin Fengxiang said: "Heavenly King, the minister still needs Zhang Yingchen to lead troops to help, so that he can be sure of victory." ”

As soon as he heard the word "win", Hong Xiuquan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "What is a way to win?" ”

Lin Fengxiang said seriously: "The way to win is because the Hunan army has no famous generals. Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, Yang Fuqing, and Zhang Yingchen are all famous generals. The previous war was not effective, and it was largely due to the lack of supplies of our army, and the firearms of the Hunan army were fired desperately, and our army could not rely on it. Although the current strength is slightly inferior to Bao Chao, so many brothers in our army know how to fight better than the Hunan army. As long as the troops are enough, they will definitely be able to win Bao Chao. ”

After hearing this, Hong Xiuquan couldn't help but nod slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Let King An follow Brother Lin and work for Brother Lin." ”

When the generals heard that Hong Xiuquan had sent the most annoying King An as the supervising army, they were all uncomfortable with the boss. But Hong Xiuquan turned his head and said to Hong Renfa, the king of An: "If you follow Brother Lin to send troops, you will be asked to serve Brother Lin." If you delay Brother Lin's military affairs, you will not be spared! ”

King Hong Renfa immediately replied, "Follow the will of the Heavenly King!" ”

Lin Fengxiang didn't have the slightest disgust on his face, and he happily replied, "Respect the will of the Heavenly King." ”

At this time, the elite of the Heavenly Kingdom were all under the command of Lin Fengxiang, and Hong Xiuquan also sent Zhang Yingchen of the Royal Forest Army to participate in the battle, if there was no one to supervise the army, it would be impossible. King An's Hong Ren sent a prison to the army, which just shows that Hong Xiuquan also understands the situation. Although Anwang Hong Renfa hates it, he is not a fool, it is one thing to fight for merit afterwards, and he will not drag his feet behind his back when he fights. And even if he talks nonsense, with Lin Fengxiang's status, he can ignore it. As long as you can win, a qiē is not a problem.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made its own adjustments in the face of heavy military pressure, and finally united with a certain process. At this time, their good fortune was not only that, and the Northern Expeditionary Force of the Liberation Army had begun to besiege Hengyang.

Hengyang is located in the south-central part of Hunan Province, located in the south of Nanyue Hengshan, because the south of the mountain and the north of the water are "yang", so it gets this name; And because "the north goose flies south, so far the wings stop back" inhabits the urban area back to the wild goose peak, and the elegant name is "wild goose city". At this time, the geese who had returned early were alarmed by the rumbling sound of artillery and went to a quieter area away from the artillery fire.

The number of troops has been reduced from the four-four system to the three-three system. In general, to compensate for the density of fire, it was necessary to equip the troops with machine guns. Machine guns needed smokeless gunpowder, and the preparation of smokeless gunpowder was not a problem, but Weeser didn't want to over-advance the equipment in a senseless way. At this time, if the development of machine guns was studied by the British law, it would be too meaningless. Without machine guns, the troops could only compensate for the firepower by increasing the number of artillery, so the number of troops in the three-three system decreased, but the total number of artillery increased.

The Hunan army in Hunan had a limited offensive spirit, and the 11th and 12th armies used a large number of ships in their marches, and the speed of action was very fast. The Hunan army's attacking troops engaged the Guangfu army in less than two hours before the entire army was wiped out, and no one was able to escape. Before the Hunan army in the city could understand what was going on, they were surrounded in the city.

The speed of the Liberation Army's actions was extremely fast, and the strongholds outside the city were completely occupied in a very short time. With the foundation of the previous training, although everyone was out of breath, they all completed the combat mission within the scheduled time.

Zhou Jinguo, political commissar of the 11th Division of the 11th Army, wiped his sweat and looked condescendingly at Hengyang City from the artillery position. The three-inch gun was a field gun with a range of two kilometers. It is convenient in the field, but the range of the firepower as a battery is insufficient. So it was the six-inch guns that were transported to the commanding heights. This artillery was made of pure steel, and the technique of digging holes after forging and casting was also used. With a firing range of four kilometers, it is a heavy artillery only available at the military level. Transporting such big guys to the mountains is quite difficult to transport even with rubber tires in gun trucks. And the young soldiers managed to transport four six-inch smoothbore guns to the high ground in a very short time.

After the reorganization of the troops, the size was reduced. Originally, there was also a brigade unit between the division and the regiment. Now the brigade has become a combat unit directly under the army, so Zhou Jinguo has been promoted two levels in a row and has become the political commissar of the division. Zhou Jinguo wanted to see how powerful the six-inch cannon was. Looking at the ant-like Hunan army on the head of the city, Zhou Jinguo ordered: "First fire a few cannons to correct and shoot Zhu Yuan." ”

The foundation of the gun emplacement was constructed, and the artillerymen made some measurements and fired the first shot. Perhaps because he was standing closer, Zhou Jinguo felt that the sound of the six-inch cannon was not as sharp as the three-inch gun. However, this cannon shocked Zhou Jinguo a little panicked. And the whistling cannonball actually hit the head of the city, and I saw a big puff of smoke explode on the head of Hengyang City, a big flag and flagpole were blown off, and the big flag that was torn by the air wave dragged the broken flagpole into the sky and flew into the city.

"Energetic!" Zhou Jinguo said happily. The smoke at the top of the city was more than twice as large as the three-inch cannon. To the naked eye, it must be at least five or six times as much. It took a long time for the smoke and dust to clear, and I could see clearly through the telescopes that a large crater had appeared at the head of the city.

The artillerymen fired several more shots, both at the head of the city and on the outside of the walls, causing great damage. A cannonball hit the battlement on the inner side of the wall, and the battlement, which was more than half a person high, was blown away by three or four meters. Except for those who were killed or seriously injured, the Hunan troops near the shelling location were so frightened that they hid under the city one by one, and the city, which was originally full of people, seemed empty. Seeing such a situation, Zhou Jinguo only felt that his heart was as comfortable as eating a sugar water pear. After nearly half a year of training, all the unhappiness disappeared with the shelling.

The Guangfu Army did not think that it could not capture Hengyang, so the General Staff formulated a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements. If the Hunan army really doesn't come to save Hengyang, then needless to say, immediately attack the city and take Hengyang. If the Hunan army sends reinforcements, the first task is to completely eliminate the reinforcements of the Hunan army. Therefore, the encirclement network is not very tight, leaving a channel for the Hunan army to send people to ask for help. Of course, this passage can only let the squad out, and if the defenders of Hengyang want to escape, they will be annihilated if they dare to go out of the city.

The Guangfu Army set out on the 11th and surrounded Hengyang City on the 17th. On the 21st, a Hunan army that came to the rescue finally dispatched from Xiangtan. According to intelligence, the number of this Hunan army is about 5,000. The equipment is so-so.

Zhou Jinguo's first division received an order to meet the enemy, and after a day of marching, it was expected to meet the Hunan army, but he did not expect the reconnaissance force to report that this Hunan army did not go out of 20 miles in a day. In order to leave enough body in the battle, the Guangfu Army still marched leisurely, and easily walked 40 miles a day.

The division headquarters held a meeting to discuss what to do. Is it to wait for the Hunan army to come over in place, or to continue to advance the next day and meet the Hunan army. And the result of the final discussion was to work head-on with the Hunan army and use the marching speed of the troops to solve the Hunan army.

The next day, a battalion of 510 people in the vanguard "encountered" this Hunan army. To the great surprise of the Guangfu Army, although the number of Hunan troops was ten times that of one battalion of the Guangfu Army, the 5,000-strong Hunan army actually retreated. Originally, everyone thought that the 510-strong troops would not be able to scare the Hunan army. If the Hunan army takes advantage of the superiority in strength to launch an attack, then take advantage of the situation to lure the Hunan army into the encirclement and annihilate it. The Hunan army ran away, which made the plan of the Guangfu Army completely fail.

But at this time, the Hunan army could not be spared, and the second regiment had already made a detour to outflank the rear of the Hunan army. If the Hunan army is allowed to run away, the second regiment is likely to be bumped into by this Hunan army. The troop's marching bags were neatly stacked, leaving a battalion of troops to guard them. The rest of the troops rushed up from behind.

The pursuing troops can always have the greatest casualties, and they were beaten from behind by the Guangfu army, and the Hunan army suffered hundreds of casualties, and the rest of the Hunan army ran like rabbits. The two sides chased out for five miles, and the Hunan army ran away. There were a lot of straw sandals that had been dropped after the laces had been broken. After chasing for two more miles, a large number of Hunan troops who ran out of strength staggered and tried to flee for their lives. Seeing that they couldn't run away, they simply fell to their knees and surrendered.

chased out three miles again, and the remaining Hunan army with body lì couldn't stand it. A small number of Hunan troops who were still stubbornly resisting when they were exhausted were easily killed, and a large number of Hunan troops simply surrendered.

Zhou Jinguo felt funny in his heart, "We have to run five kilometers of cross-country every day!" ”R1058