Although Wei Ze didn't know how Xianfeng would be angry, Xianfeng's anger was something Wei Ze could guess. As the saying goes, the misfortune of the enemy is our best exploit, and Weeser is not low-grade to gloating for fun. In "The Art of War", it is repeatedly said that the Lord cannot raise his army in anger, and he will not be discouraged and cause war. Wei Ze very much hoped that Xianfeng would be angry and rejuvenated. If that were the case, Weeser would be able to make it much easier for him to fight a war of annihilation.

But since Wei Ze occupied Xuyi, the Qing army's reaction was very slow. Neither the Qing army nor the Jiangbei camp or the direction of Xuzhou, or even the Qing army in the northern Anhui region did not react. At this time, it was late June, and Wei Ze's operational preparations for dispatching 5,000 troops to carry out the battle had been completed, and Wei Ze had no way to waste time in Xuyi. He invited Lin Fengxiang, who was stationed in Huaiyuan, to Xuyi.

The two places are very close to each other, and as soon as Lin Fengxiang arrived in Xuyi, Wei Ze asked Lin Fengxiang, "Brother Lin, but I don't know if the East King can give you any orders?" ”

Lin Fengxiang seemed to be in a good mood, and he smiled, "Dongwang just asked me to hurry up and train the troops, but he didn't say anything. But I don't know if Brother Wei wants my brother to do something? ”

"I want to fight to the east and cut the canal." Weese replied. The map was in his hand, and Wei Ze pointed to the map and said, "Brother, what I can really fight is 30,000 people, and although there are 20,000 or 30,000 brothers, they can also fight, but they are not so elite." And they are on the side of Shouzhou and Lu'an, and they need to guard against the Qing demons in the north and west. So I can't send them to the east at this time. The only people who can be dispatched are Brother Lin, the people on your side. ”

"How far are Brother Nawei going to fight?" Lin Fengxiang said.

Wei Ze also replied: "To the east is Jiangsu, although northern Jiangsu is not as good as southern Jiangsu, but it is also a place with a lot of plains, and the abundance of products is much stronger than Anhui." Moreover, this is a plain, with many lakes and rivers, and it is easy to transport troops. If we wait for a big fight with the Qing Demon here, it is a very suitable place. ”

Lin Fengxiang stared at Wei Ze for a while, and couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Wei, you really dare to fight a tough battle!" ”

Wei Ze didn't take this opportunity to brag about himself, he said to Lin Fengxiang: "Brother Lin, I think you also know that the king of the east wants me to increase the grain shipped to Tianjing this year by fifty percent. And I won't hide it from you, now that the king of the east has taken over many places in Anhui north of the Yangtze River, the places where I can collect grain are not much less than before I led my troops north. In this case, if I can't capture Jiangsu, I will definitely not be able to complete this matter of sending fifty percent more grain. In this attack on Jiangsu, brother and I led troops to attack the Qing demon everywhere, and the burden of defending the captured land depends on you, Brother Lin, to help. If we can completely annihilate the Qing Demon in Jiangsu and finally break the camp in Jiangbei, it will naturally be the best. If it can't be done, the grain will be collected in northern Jiangsu. Otherwise, brother, I really can't explain to the East King. ”

After the two sides discussed the division of labor, Lin Fengxiang asked Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan to participate in the plan. Wei Ze shook his head, "Brother Lin, Dongwang just asked the three of you to rest and replenish in Anhui. I asked Brother Lin for help, also because Brother Lin's station is relatively close to the battlefield. I am not sure that I will completely annihilate the Qing Demon now, so I don't dare to ask the East King to let Brother Lin obey my dispatch at all. ”

Wei Ze said it beautifully, but he didn't think so at all in his heart. Whether or not he dares to drive Lin Fengxiang and other prime ministers is not a problem for Wei Ze at all. Even if Lin Fengxiang is now crowned Hu Hou, Li Kaifang has to be named Hu Hou, Wei Ze and King Qi can forcibly order them to do things.

Wei Zezhi didn't do this entirely because he was worried about the thoughts of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East. If Wei Ze applied to Yang Xiuqing to transfer Lin Fengxiang and others to his command, first, Yang Xiuqing was afraid that he would not agree, and second, Wei Ze might not be willing. The name of the General Staff was known, and Weeser was not afraid. Everyone has staff, and Wei Ze can say to the outside world that he just gave his staff a special name.

Outsiders can be so fooled, Wei Ze knows very well that the system of the General Staff Headquarters built by himself is completely different from China's current military system. Now, whether it is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom or the Qing army, the military system is that the generals have absolute dominance in the army, and the civilian officials use the method of controlling the money and grain to control the generals and the army. The General Staff Headquarters controls the armed forces through the General Staff as an organ, from officers to soldiers, from training to operations, and the General Staff has the power over personnel, command, promotion, training, and so on.

The influence of the generals on the army was reduced to a minimum, and the generals who were able to rebel on their own now became the General Staff who were able to rebel, and even if the generals rebelled, they would face the problem of not being able to pull away the troops.

If Yang Xiuqing really knew the characteristics of Wei Ze's General Staff, he could have let Wei Ze continue to be the king of Qi, and appointed Lin Fengxiang as Wei Ze's chief of general staff, and Wei Ze was in turn mastered by this system at that time. After all, Wei Ze was not the first person in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There is also a nominal religion of King Hong. In reality, there is Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East. These two people have unparalleled appeal in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is simply not something that Wei Ze can shake. Wei Ze may be able to fight Lin Fengxiang with a small private team, but Wei Ze himself does not dare to try to incite a rebellion against Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East.

In such a situation, keeping a distance from Lin Fengxiang is the best choice. First, it ensured the convenience of Wei Ze's actions, and second, it ensured Wei Ze's control of internal secrets.

However, Lin Fengxiang didn't seem to think about it so much, since Wei Ze had already raised his difficulties, Lin Fengxiang didn't think there was any problem in helping Wei Ze. In the Taiping army, except for the king of the east, who could ask other regions to send food and materials to Tianjing City, the soldiers, horses and equipment of each department basically had to be captured by themselves. Like Lin Fengxiang now, he can get a safe place to station, and get personnel and equipment to replenish without using his hands at all, which is much beyond Lin Fengxiang's expectations.

There is a very close alliance between Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, and Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, and Lin Fengxiang, who is the general under Xiao Chaogui, is naturally very clear. Therefore, after the death of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, it was not too much for Lin Fengxiang to be taken care of by the king of the east. Even so, Lin Fengxiang had to admit that Wei Ze's loyalty to Yang Xiuqing was really impressive. As soon as Yang Xiuqing gave the order, Wei Ze took out so many materials and personnel that Lin Fengxiang couldn't even imagine. And after such a dedication, Wei Ze's first consideration was how to complete the task assigned by Yang Xiuqing. And Lin Fengxiang deeply understood one thing in the Northern Expedition, if he wanted to raise enough materials from the people, it was extremely difficult.

So Lin Fengxiang, who was completely moved by Wei Ze's reason, replied: "If Brother Wei thinks that my brother can help me, brother, I will definitely not shirk it." ”

"Since my brother said so, I am also very grateful to my brother. But brother, please rest assured, if the king of the east appoints his brother to do other errands, the brother will naturally put the will of the king of the east first. Wei Ze also relieved Lin Fengxiang's worries first.

Resolving the worries of both sides first, the two generals of the Taiping army soon began to study future battles. Weeser had the support of the General Staff and the plan he proposed was very detailed.

"Our army has already possessed Wuhe and Xuyi, and the next step is naturally to capture Hongze County. Next up is Huai'an Mansion. After taking Huai'an Mansion, the Qing Demon couldn't pretend to be a shrinking turtle. Weser said, pointing to the map.

After Lin Fengxiang listened to Wei Ze's plan, he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Wei, you're just worried that you won't be able to fight with the Qing Demon." ”

Seeing Lin Fengxiang's touch, Wei Ze couldn't help laughing, "Brother Lin, brother, I only know how to fight like this." Let me take advantage of the weakness, brother, I really want to learn, but I can't learn anything. In this case, brother, I can only fight such stupid battles. ”

After listening to Wei Ze's explanation, Lin Fengxiang was a little stunned, he really couldn't tell whether Wei Ze was laughing or praising what he said.

"Brother, you are resting now, brother, I know that you and the other two prime ministers were killed from Yangzhou. So if my brother wants to order the other two prime ministers, brother, I won't know anything! Haha," Weser laughed. After finishing speaking, he suddenly felt a burst of amusement, how did this play conspiracy and tricks, how did he use the common words of Japanese devils? "I don't know anything" is a Japanese favorite phrase, and it has all kinds of subtle content that is very Japanese and good at tricks. However, Wei Ze knew very well that Lin Fengxiang would completely understand Wei Ze's words literally.

Sure enough, Lin Fengxiang nodded, "Brother, I will tell the other two prime ministers about the matter here, and I will also report it to the East King." When I made a report, I would say that I wanted to fight the autumn breeze and wanted to go back to Yangzhou as soon as possible, so I found Brother Wei and wanted to help Brother Wei. ”

"Then if our army captures Huaiyin, is Brother Lin willing to garrison Huaiyin?" Weeser asked.

Lin Fengxiang refused Wei Ze's proposal without thinking about it, "Of course I don't want to." Brother Wei said, you are mainly collecting taxes, and my subordinates are okay to fight, but they can't collect taxes. If you let my brother and I kill back to Yangzhou, I would be very willing. ”

Seeing Lin Fengxiang's resolute attitude, Wei Ze no longer insisted, he said: "If Huaiyin is defeated, I will transfer people to garrison Huaiyin." However, my brother must help me defend the city in Anhui, and after I mobilize the troops, the troops here will be really empty. ”

Wei Ze originally planned to send troops on July 1, but it rained heavily that day, and it was not until July 5 that Wei Ze's troops divided the water 6 and marched to Hongze. Unexpectedly, he captured Hongze on the same day. With Hongze as a base, Huaiyin was already completely within Wei Ze's attack range.

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