On July 14, the Taiping army sent a small force to the vicinity of the Qing army's Wuliting camp, and erected a high pole opposite the Qing army's camp, and a human head was hung from the pole. As in the past, the Qing army did not dare to immediately send troops to counterattack, but waited for the small group of Taiping troops to leave before sending their own troops out.

In the Qing army's tent, the current commander He Chun has learned the news. A feeling of unease came over him. He Chun was originally Xiang Rong's chief soldier, and his old boss Xiang Rong now refuses to go out in Guilin on the grounds of illness. No, Qin sent Cezanne A to Hechun to add an admiral army, first ordered him to be responsible for the pursuit of the Taiping army, and now let Hechun preside over the siege of the Daozhou Taiping army.

He Chun was originally quite puzzled by his old boss Xiang Rong, who first fought a big defeat in Dayuan, and then barely held Guilin. According to the rules of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Xiang Rong's so-so things can be regarded as offsetting their merits and demerits. After all, Ulantai, who has been out of the limelight with Xiang Rong, simply died in Dayuan, and when the Taiping army attacked Guilin, several people such as Admiral Ulantai and Qin Dingsan were killed in Dayuan and hung on a high pole outside Guilin, which caused a big blow to the morale of the Qing army.

There are even worse Ulantai and others at the bottom, and Hechun originally didn't understand why his old boss Xiang Rong refused to continue fighting against the Taiping army. However, after being the head of Daozhou for a period of time, He Chun felt that he understood a little. The infighting of the Qing army was quite strict.

Jiang Zhongyuan, the original head of Chu Yong, wanted to reconcile the contradictions between Xiang Rong and Ulantai, and He Chun was very supportive of this. After Ulantai's death, Jiang Zhongyuan and Yao Ying, the prison army who originally supported Ulantai, seemed to wear a pair of pants. As soon as the Qing army had arrived at the border close to Daozhou from Yongzhou, Yao Ying, who had joined the army, wrote a letter from Guilin, asking Hechun to immediately attack the Taiping army, while Jiang Zhongyuan also repeatedly shouted in the army. It is said that the Taiping army is now less than 10,000 people, and it is just trying to exterminate it. If you wait for the Taiping army to recover, it will be difficult to exterminate it again.

This can be reasonable, but He Chun thinks that Yao Ying and Jiang Zhongyuan are pretending to be stupid. Although the Taiping army had less than 10,000 people, the number of Qing troops was less than 13ooo. The 13ooo people attacked the nearly 10,000 Taiping troops who were defending the fortified city, which had no chance of success at all. Not long ago, 40,000 Qing troops besieged Yong'an, which was defended by more than 10,000 Taiping troops, but in the end there was no result. After the Taiping army highlighted Yong'an, the elite of the Qing army pursued with all their might, but the result was not a big defeat.

However, Yao Ying joined the army, and Jiang Zhongyuan held Cormorant Island when he was guarding Guilin, defeated the Taiping army three times, made great contributions, and was promoted to prefect by the imperial court. When pursuing the Taiping army, he won the battle at Lingyidu, killed the big leader of the Taiping army, and seized the baggage of the Taiping army, and now he is very arrogant.

There was a quarrel between Yao Ying and Jiang Zhongyuan on a front line and a rear, and He Chun had no choice but to try to march into Daozhou at the end of June, but the strength of the Taiping army was not at all as Yao Ying and Jiang Zhongyuan expected, "only 8,000", and according to the results observed during the battle of various troops, the strength of the Taiping army was already 10,000. The battle ended with He Chunqian's hard work and setting up a large camp in Wuli Pavilion outside Daozhou City.

Fortunately, Daozhou is a city surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are only a few main roads, and more than 10,000 people in Hechun divided their troops to block several 6-way waterways outside Daozhou City, and finally controlled the north and east of Daozhou. He Chun immediately applied for reinforcements, hoping to do his best to seal the Taiping army in Daozhou City.

However, the reinforcements did not wait, but waited for the Taiping army to build a pole outside the Qing army camp. After seeing the Ulantai heads hanging by the Taiping army outside Guilin, He Chun felt very uneasy in his heart after getting the news. When the Taiping army withdrew from Guilin, they took away the heads of Ulantai, Qin Dingsan and others, and from the news obtained from the captured Taiping army, the Taiping army threw those heads into the Li River when they crossed the Li River. And this time, the Taiping army is so ostentatious that it will hang up its head again, and it must be a big man in the Qing army.

Anxiously waiting for the news outside, He Chun also began to gather the generals, if something really happened, it was better to be prepared than not to be prepared. As soon as the generals of the battalions gathered, the Qing army ran into the big tent outside, "Admiral Qi, Guanyang has been taken away by the Cantonese bandits!" ”

He Chun thought he was figuring out the identity of the head outside, but he never expected to get the news of the fall of Guanyang. He was a little confused.

As for how to call the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing army finally reached an agreement on the front, and basically called it Cantonese bandits. The people in the tent were astonished when they heard the news. "How so?" "When did the Cantonese bandits get around Guanyang?" Nonsense like this is endless.

At this moment, another Qing army ran in to report, "Commander, the outside rank has been taken." Does anyone think it's like Lord Liu Changqing's level? ”

"What?" He Chun had already stood up, and he actually basically believed that it was Liu Changqing's head. Because of the request for reinforcements, He Chun did not fail to contact the minister of the Qin Mission, Cezanne, who said that he had ordered Liu Changqing to go to Daozhou. Since Guanyang has been defeated by the Taiping Army, Liu Changqing is naturally more than lucky.

Just when the crowd was venting their confusion and uneasiness, Jiang Zhongyuan suddenly stood up, and he said with a gloomy face: "I'm afraid that the whole state is not guaranteed now!" ”

As soon as this substantive topic came out, the generals of the Qing army in the big tent became silent. The generals were chasing the Taiping army from Quanzhou, and Guanyang was in the south of Quanzhou, more than 80 miles away from Quanzhou. The Taiping army used the cave attack method to conquer Quanzhou, because of the urgency of the pursuit, and the people of Quanzhou fled from the city when the Taiping army besieged Quanzhou. It had only been a little over a month, and many of the people who had fled had not yet returned to Jeonju, and no one had repaired the huge gap in the city wall.

At this time, the main force of the Qing army in Guangxi was either nested in Guilin with Xiang Rong, or followed Hechun to besiege Daozhou, and a small part followed the minister Cezanne to Yongzhou to sit in Yongzhou, and there were no heavy troops in Quanzhou. Now that Guanyang has been conquered by the Cantonese bandits, the Cantonese bandits waved their troops north, and they could easily take Quanzhou again.

Admiral and Chun were not only pale at this time, but even their lips were a little pale. Yao Ying, who joined the army, said last month, "June can still be supported, but July will not be able to support." "If the Taiping army takes Quanzhou, it will completely cut off the supply of grain and grass from Guangxi to the front line of Daozhou by the Qing army. Without food, the Qing army could only retreat without a fight.

Jiang Zhongyuan was quite calm, he arched his hand and said to Hechun: "Admiral Hechun, at this time, you should immediately recapture Guanyang!" ”

He Chun frowned and thought for a while, "No, you can't divide your troops at this time." ”

"Why?" Jiang Zhongyuan looked at He Chun in surprise.

He Chun replied: "Since it was the level of Admiral Liu sent by the Cantonese bandits from Daozhou, it must have been sent to Daozhou by the Cantonese bandits from Guanyang." How could they not know that we would send rescuers to Guan Yang? If it is a division of troops, if our battalion in Wuliting is attacked by Cantonese bandits, the situation is unimaginable. ”

Jiang Zhongyuan was originally very dissatisfied with Hechun's attitude of not sending troops, and after listening to Hechun's thoughts, Jiang Zhongyuan didn't even have the heart to argue. It is indeed not easy for the Qing army to attack a city like Daozhou, but it is also very difficult for the Taiping army to attack the camp of the Qing army. He Chun has all kinds of excuses, but in the final analysis, he still doesn't want to send troops.

Since he knew Hechun's attitude, Jiang Zhongyuan simply said: "Since this is the case, then let Zai Xia lead the troops to recapture Guanyang." ”

Jiang Zhongyuan is a nominal prefect, and his status is not as good as that of He Chun, who is really lacking in the general army, not to mention that He Chun also got the rank of commander. It's just that Jiang Zhongyuan has less than 2,000 Chu Yong in his hands, plus Jiang Zhongyuan is colluding with Yao Ying, who is in charge of logistics, like Yao Ying's mouthpiece on the front line, and He Chun has no way to restrain Jiang Zhongyuan, so he can only pretend to persuade: "Governor Jiang, please think twice." ”

Jiang Zhongyuan didn't really want to have trouble with Hechun, he said angrily: "What's the reason to think twice, even if the Cantonese bandits who conquered Guanyang are fierce, Quanzhou is also a big city, if he can't bring all the troops there, he is afraid that he won't be able to attack it." At this time, Guan Yang was afraid that there were no Cantonese bandits left at all. Soldiers, not long after Guanyang was captured, I led my troops to attack, but I was afraid that the Cantonese bandits would not think of it at all. ”

The Qing army was fiercely discussing the current mutated battle situation, and in Daozhou City, which was not too far from them, the brains of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were also discussing. The news that the Qing army had taken away Liu Changqing's head spread to the city, and Hong Xiuquan snorted from his nostrils full of mockery, "I think the Qing demon has been scared to the core." ”

Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, laughed, "I didn't expect Wei Ze to be so young and vigorous, and he wrote a letter requesting to continue to fight Yongzhou in the north after attacking Quanzhou." He also said that even if he couldn't defeat Yongzhou, he could go south along the road north of Yongzhou and attack the Qing demon from behind. ”

Yang Xiuqing didn't smile, he asked quite sternly: "Did the King of the West send Wei Ze to return to Daozhou?" ”

"Nature has already been sent!" Xiao Chaogui put away his smile and replied, "I have already sent Lin Fengxiang to Quanzhou, and before he travels, I told him that even if he is bundled, I have to call Wei Ze back!" He's just fooling around! ”

"Indeed!" Yang Xiuqing sneered, "If you have the strength to fight Yongzhou, it is better to go back to Daozhou to fight the Qing Demon, but I don't know what Wei Ze is thinking." ”

Xiao Chaogui saw that Yang Xiuqing was quite unhappy, but instead said good things for Wei Ze, "King Dong, although Wei Ze's idea is ridiculous, this credit is great. Grain from Yongning and other places has already been transported to Daozhou, and if it can win the whole state again, it will be even more credit. It's just that Weese's idea after taking Jeonju is absurd. ”

"I don't blame him." Yang Xiuqing replied, "It's just that Wei Ze can't go too far, who knows what he can do if he is not careful." ”

Xiao Chaogui nodded, he had the same opinion as Yang Xiuqing on this point. However, what Xiao Chaogui said was another thing, "King Dong, do you still insist on going north to Changsha?" ”

This question is what the top brass of the Taiping Army cares about the most, and at this time there are already many opinions in the army, some want to return to Guangxi, some go to Guangdong, and Yang Xiuqing himself is determined to fight in Hunan. So Yang Xiuqing was reluctant to let Wei Ze spend time in Quanzhou and others. Wei Ze continued to toss outside, it was too much of a delay.

Looking at Hong Xiuquan, who actually wanted to go to Guangdong the most, Yang Xiuqing said: "Since I arrived in Daozhou, I have sent dozens of people to Guangdong to inquire about the news, but only a few brothers have returned. They said that Ye Mingchen made up for the checkpoint on the main road between Guangdong and Hunan, and he was afraid that he would not be able to go to Guangdong. Besides, there is no turning back arrow from the bow, and they have already hit here, if they don't march into Changsha, won't the previous efforts be in vain! ”

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