"Lao Zhou, when our brothers meet in the future, I'm afraid we will still fight!" Lu Shangyang said regretfully to Zhou Jinguo beside him.

At this time, the county seat of Yongxing, which was guarded by the Hunan army, was four or five miles away, and the city was already full of highly alert Hunan troops. The Guangfu army had no intention of attacking the city, and they escorted more than 3,000 Hunan prisoners to the city of Yongxing. Prepare to release them on the spot here.

At this time, Lu Shangyang's injuries had healed, and although his face was still pale, he was able to walk from Chenzhou to Yongxing on his own. almost lost his life, and was rescued by the Guangfu Army in front of the Ghost Gate, and Lu Shangyang had no hostility. At this time, he did not stand with the prisoners of the brigade, but expressed his regret that the two of them had become enemies again with Zhou Jinguo in the Liberation Army.

Zhou Jinguo didn't show any arrogance, he just smiled and said, "Old Lu, we treat the captives preferentially." If there is another fight, you can surrender as soon as you see that things are wrong. As long as you surrender, you can stay alive. ”

"Hahahaha!" Lu Shangyang couldn't help laughing, "It's good to surrender, and there is still rice to eat." After finishing speaking, Lu Shangyang laughed a few more times, but couldn't help but sigh, "Your Liberation Army troops can eat rice, wine and meat every day." You're so rich! ”

Speaking of the provisions of the Liberation Army, Zhou Jinguo said proudly: "Lao Lu, I told you. The supplies of our Guangfu Army were produced by our troops themselves, and they were not scraped from the people like the Hunan Army. You've also seen the label on the bottle, and it's clearly written. Military products. ”

Lu Shangyang faced the boasting of his fellow countryman, and he really couldn't find a reason to refute it. He lowered his voice and asked, "Old Zhou, are you really not going to fight Yongxing?" ”

Zhou Jinguo pointed to the group of Hunan troops who were frozen in the cold wind of January, "Old Lu, look at these people. Do we have to fight them? Playing Yongxing is not a big deal for us either. However, as mentioned above, we have no plan to fight Yongxing in the past few months, so we will definitely not fight. But aren't your brothers and them all in the city, I really advise you, whoever asks you to go out of the city to fight, you don't come out. The Hunan army is staying in the city, and we don't care. Whoever comes out, we will hit whomever we want. ”

Lu Shangyang looked at the group of Hunan troops in the distance, except for many people who were wrapped in white bandages rescued by the Liberation Army, those who were not injured carried the corpses wrapped in straw mats. These were all casualties in one-sided battles. And the entire Hunan army's captives were completely demoralized, and they were also a little excited at this time. But not the eagerness for revenge, but the joy of being released, and the desire to escape the terrible range of the Liberation Army's rifles as soon as possible.

From Chenzhou to Yongxing, the mountain road of nearly 100 miles is full of mountains and passes. The Hunan army set up six lines of defense, thinking of relying on these defenses to resist the attack of the Guangfu army. There are also locals in the Guangfu Army, and under the leadership of the locals, this unit either crossed the mountains and suddenly appeared behind the Hunan army checkpoint, or relied on artillery to bomb the Hunan army's defense line to pieces. In the face of a relatively dangerous and difficult defense line, the Guangfu Army sent a small team to fight, relying on the absolute superiority of a single pair of Hunan troops to win easily. Six battles were fought in ten days, and the momentum along the way was like a bamboo, driving a large number of captives to the city of Yongxing.

Since this is already the case, Lu Shangyang didn't want to say anything, he said, "Okay, I'll go back and talk to my brother." Lao Zhou, you also take care. ”

When Zhou Jinguo sent Lü Shangyang to the captive team, the opposite Hunan army had already finished negotiating with the representatives sent by the Guangfu army, and they sent a team to receive the captives. The Guangfu army began to retreat quickly, and after walking out for a few miles, Zhou Jinguo looked back, but saw that the captives had run to the city of Yongxing, and the Hunan army in the city saw that the Guangfu army was far away, and also opened the city and sent troops to receive the prisoners.

The reason for the release of prisoners under Yongxing City was to show the prisoner of war policy, and secondly, to deter the Yongxing Hunan army. Now from Yongxing to Chenzhou, there is no stronghold of the Hunan army within nearly a hundred miles. The vigilance of the entire army can be focused on the Yongxing side, and the possibility of being attacked is greatly reduced.

There were still more than 2,000 Hunan troops in Yongxing City, plus more than 3,000 disarmed Hunan troops, and more than 5,000 wounded. In order to monitor these guys, the 2nd Regiment made full use of the checkpoints built by the Hunan army. It can be expanded to accommodate the whole group, and although the conditions are more difficult, they are much better than being exposed to the cold outside.

After a few days of resting after being stationed, a battalion of troops began to move towards the first target, Xiangyindu Town, which was more than 20 miles away from Yongxing City.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, and the Hunan army in Yongxing has 5,000 people after all, although there are not many cap guns among the captured weapons, and they are still mainly arquebuses, but the troops will still suffer a little loss when they really fight. Zhou Jincai, who led the team, couldn't help but complain to the political commissar, "If you take Yongxing, it will save trouble." ”

The political commissar smiled: "It is precisely because we feel uncomfortable that the Hunan army can rest assured." After taking Yongxing, we are comfortable, but the Hunan army will have to be afraid. At that time, Xiao Chaogui set out from Yongxing to kill under the city of Changsha. The governor also set out from Yongxing, traveled thousands of miles for several years, and now he is back. They don't remember it. ”

Zhou Jincai shook his head, "Anyway, it's going to be fighting, why bother so much." How could those people in the Hunan army remember so much. ”

Zhou Jincai obviously underestimated the Hunan army, Yongxing has a waterway leading to Hengyang, and after the Guangfu army began to go north, the Yongxing defenders immediately sent people to Hengyang to report. At this time, the Guangfu army had already captured Yongzhou, which was only more than 200 miles away from Hengyang. If Yongxing is breached, there will be two Guangfu troops within two hundred miles, and it will be difficult for the Guangfu army to resist the enemy one way, let alone two. The defenders of Hengyang were frightened. They immediately sent people to Changsha for help.

Just when Zhou Jincai thought that it was impossible for the Hunan army to remember this incident, Mao Hongbin, the governor of Hunan in Changsha, listened to the staff trembling and talking about the old things when Xiao Chaogui led his troops from Yongxing all the way to Changsha City.

Just two days ago, Mao Hongbin got a big piece of good news. Zeng Guofan was not moved at all when he heard the news that the Liberation Army was heading north, and continued to storm Anqing. After besieging Anqing City for more than half a year with a chain of camps, Zeng Guofan's younger brother Zeng Guoquan finally conquered Anqing.

As soon as Anqing was broken, the last gateway of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on the Yangtze River fell into the hands of the Hunan army. Since then, the Hunan army's overwhelming superiority of the naval army can directly kill Tianjing City. Even if the sailors could not capture Tianjing City, they could still cut off the Taiping army's shipping on the Yangtze River. Divide the Taiping army into two and break them individually.

Originally, when he got the news, Mao Hongbin felt that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which had been raging for ten years, had finally come to an end. Hearing the news that the Liberation Army had begun to attack Yongxing, he immediately lost his joy. With Zeng Guofan's firmness, when he was able to directly attack Tianjing City, it was impossible for him to return to the army to rescue. The heavy responsibility of carrying Wei Ze can only be done by the Hunan side.

Thinking of this, Mao Hongbin felt as if his head was a few laps bigger. R1058