Lin Fengxiang was very envious of the general staff system in Wei Ze's army, which could solve the problem of "soldiers for generals". Wei Ze only has 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he can dominate the world. The Taiping army now has more than 200,000 troops, more than seven times the number of Wei Ze, but in the face of the siege of the surrounding Qing army, it has never been able to fight a situation. The big problem is that the individual units are owned only by the generals.

The system of chief generals of the five armies, or the system of chief generals of the five parties, theoretically all belong to the central government. When Yang Xiuqing was in power, he could still manage all the generals, and as soon as Yang Xiuqing died, all the local military leaders of the Heavenly Kingdom became independent. Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan couldn't transfer generals at will, let alone manage the generals' army.

Even Shi Dakai, who has the best status and the most influence in the Kingdom of Heaven now, is facing such a situation. When he went to relieve the siege of Jiujiang, Shi Dakai nominally commanded the entire Western Expeditionary Army, as well as the troops brought out from Tianjing. But when Shi Dakai wanted to break away from the Heavenly Kingdom, he couldn't command Wei Jun, Li Xiucheng and other generals, so he could only "send" these generals who were willing to follow the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from the front line to Tianjing City.

This time, Hong Xiuquan established a five-party chief general system, and the situation did not change in the slightest. Lin Fengxiang himself re-led his troops, which was quite easy. But now that he wants to bring the other four-way troops into his command system, Hong Xiuquan will not agree, and the commander-in-chief of the four-way army will not agree. Then Lin Fengxiang had to accept this fact. Because the soldiers of those units only listen to the orders of the commander-in-chief.

Fortunately, Lin Fengxiang is not a narrow-minded person, and in the face of such a situation, he is also at peace with what he encounters. When Lin Fengxiang convened the commanders and deputy generals of the other four armies for a military meeting, he first asked Li Xiucheng, "Xiucheng, can Jiujiang still be saved?" ”

Li Xiucheng's face was ugly, and when he answered, his voice seemed to be fierce to someone. Several other people knew that Li Xiucheng resented Shi Dakai. "Back to Brother Lin, if the whole army is mobilized in January, maybe it can be saved. Now I'm afraid I can't save it! The Qing Demon Water Army is already stronger than us, and if you want to take the waterway to help, you can't do it. On the 6th road, the Qing Demon surrounded the entire Jiujiang River several layers with a camp, and no matter how our army challenged, the Qing Demon did not come out. ”

The Qing army besieged Jiujiang for more than a year, and everyone more or less knew something about the situation. The Taiping army is not afraid of the Hunan army in the field, but in the face of the turtle formation of the Hunan army, the Taiping army also feels numb. After listening to Li Xiucheng finish talking about the situation in Jiujiang, these generals began to scold Shi Dakai for not being righteous. Although everyone did not join together, this time Shi Dakai left Jiujiang aside in the name of aiding Jiujiang. did such a ruthless thing, Shi Dakai's ruthlessness really made everyone feel chilled.

It was also here that someone reported that Zhang Yingchen had arrived. Everyone was stunned, and Lin Fengxiang smiled: "It's Brother Zhang who I invited." ”

Everyone knows that Wei Ze is good at fighting tough battles, and Zhang Yingchen, as Wei Ze's subordinate, can also play a smooth victory every time in the face of the counterattack in Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps. If it weren't for Zhang Yingchen being Hong Xiuquan's confidant, Hong Xiuquan would never allow Zhang Yingchen to be too far away from Tianjing City, and would not let Zhang Yingchen fight hard with the Qing army. I'm afraid that he has already become a pioneer in rescuing Jiujiang.

"Brother Zhang, if King Qi is here, how will he fight Jiujiang?" Lin Fengxiang asked straight to the point. There is no one in the Taiping Army who dares to mention Wei Ze, the king of Qi, so frankly, and after listening to Lin Fengxiang's question, everyone looked at Zhang Yingchen with somewhat complicated eyes.

Zhang Yingchen's face changed slightly, and he paused for a while before he replied: "I also know something about Jiujiang, if the King of Qi relieves the siege of Jiujiang, he will definitely concentrate the elite troops, take the artillery as the guide, first bombard the camp of the Qing demon, and then directly kill it." It's just that I heard that the Qing Demon bought a lot of foreign cannons from foreigners, and the firepower is very fierce. Is that really the case? ”

Li Xiucheng nodded angrily, "That's true, foreigners can focus on selling fire and artillery to the Hunan army." It was only recently that the artisan battalion of our army changed arquebuses into musket guns. But the Hunan army has long been all fire cap guns. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Xiucheng said indignantly, "Our army's fire qiang has also been taken away a lot by the Wing King!" ”

Lin Fengxiang didn't want this meeting to turn into an abuse meeting against Shi Dakai, there were nearly 20,000 soldiers of the Taiping Army in Jiujiang City. The defender Lin Qirong was a fierce general in the Taiping army, and he was able to hold Jiujiang under the siege of the Qing army for more than a year, and these people were very valuable soldiers. Even if Jiujiang is lost, if he can find a way to get people out, Lin Fengxiang feels that it is worth it.

"Where did you get more powerful artillery than the Hunan army now?" Lin Fengxiang knowingly asked Zhang Yingchen a question.

Zhang Yingchen smiled bitterly after hearing this, "Brother Lin, if you say that you can get good artillery, now in addition to the foreigners, I am afraid that there will be only King Qi left." My subordinates also had some twelve-pounder mountain howitzers, but some of these guns were used in the defense of Tianjing City, and the rest were taken away by King Qi. If you ask me to ask for those cannons, it would be better for you to come forward, Brother Lin. ”

Lin Fengxiang knew that Zhang Yingchen was telling the truth, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Brother Zhang, brother, I couldn't say that, but brother, I really want to save Jiujiang's brother now." I don't have to defeat the Qing Demon, as long as I can open a passage and rescue Jiujiang's brothers. But to fight such a tough battle, only Brother Zhang can do it......"

And Zhang Yingchen only heard half of it, so he interrupted Lin Fengxiang's words, "Brother Lin, the soldiers in my hands now are not the soldiers of the past, they are all later recruits, and the big smokers who fight the Jiangnan camp are still competent." But now these people are indeed much worse than they were back then. If the King of Qi had not left, the veterans of the year would have been there, with complete firearms, and the King of Qi would have commanded the troops. Let my brother and I rush into battle, and brother I don't blink. Don't say that opening up the passage to Jiujiang is to kill all the Qing demons, and I don't think it's a big deal. It's just that at this time and that time, brother, I really can't do it now. ”

Hearing Zhang Yingchen's refusal so simply, not only Lin Fengxiang, but also the other generals showed disappointed looks on their faces. But Zhang Yingchen refused, and everyone couldn't help it. In fact, even if Zhang Yingchen does not refuse, he is afraid that the king Hong Xiuquan may not be willing to let Zhang Yingchen consume all the elites of his subordinates in Jiujiang.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Zhang Yingchen got up and said, "If there is nothing else, I will leave first." ”

Lin Fengxiang personally sent Zhang Yingchen out, and in the front yard, he grabbed Zhang Yingchen and whispered: "Brother Zhang, do you think Brother Wei will sell us good guns?" ”

Zhang Yingchen saw that there was no one left and right, and he sighed, "Brother Lin, it's not like you haven't dealt with King Qi. Do you think with the temperament of King Qi, he will watch his brothers die in vain? But I can't say anything about King Qi, let alone provoke him. So Brother Lin, you can do it yourself. ”

Lin Fengxiang knew Zhang Yingchen's difficulties, he didn't ask anything anymore, just sent Zhang Yingchen out.

When Lin Fengxiang came back, Li Xiucheng asked, "Brother Lin, can we buy some cannons from King Qi." If you are in a hurry, you may be able to use it when you send troops to Jiujiang. ”

"That's all there is to it!" Lin Fengxiang replied. first sent someone to bring Yin Liang to Guangdong to recruit Wei Ze, and Lin Fengxiang began to discuss with everyone about the affairs of the five main generals.

Although Jiujiang was important, the Qing army was attacking in five directions at this time. Everyone divided their responsibilities, Lin Fengxiang was naturally responsible for the upstream direction, Li Kaifang guarded Shouzhou, and Ji Wenyuan sat in Luzhou to fight against the Huai army that went south from Fengyang. Zeng Lichang still entered southern Anhui to fight. Although Shi Dakai is in Jiangxi at this time, God knows where he will go next. Li Xiucheng was transferred to the Changzhou area to deal with the Qing army in the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps.

After determining the direction of responsibility of each army, the commanders of the other four armies all bid farewell to Lin Fengxiang. Lin Fengxiang knew that the military situation on their side was indeed more urgent. However, Lin Fengxiang also knew that everyone knew that Jiujiang was difficult to save, so he simply left the pick to Lin Fengxiang. If you leave early, you will have less trouble.

After the generals left, Lin Fengxiang ordered someone to take out the map and look at it. Looking at the location of Jiujiang and thinking about the situation in other regions, Lin Fengxiang became more and more depressed, and he slapped him angrily on the map. Because of the tremor, the teacup on the table was shaken, and the tea in the cup tilted out. Lin Fengxiang hurriedly grabbed the map, shook off the water splashed on it, and then found a cloth to dry the map carefully. This is a very delicate map, one of the maps that Wei Ze gave to Lin Fengxiang when he left the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. For Lin Fengxiang, this is a more precious resource than dozens or hundreds of fires.

Looking at the map, Lin Fengxiang couldn't help but think of Wei Ze. is also out of the kingdom of heaven, Lin Fengxiang has no anger or resentment towards Wei Ze. If Wei Ze didn't leave, he could only fire and merge with the other brothers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. But Shi Dakai's departure was to step on the heavenly brothers to achieve his personal goals.

Thinking of this, Lin Fengxiang suddenly remembered the question raised by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, "Does Shi Dakai want to learn from Wei Ze?" ”

If Shi Dakai really wants to learn from Wei Ze, it will be to completely break with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after occupying a piece of territory. But looking at it now, Shi Dakai didn't want to learn from Wei Ze at all.

The most powerful group army of the Taiping Army now is the Western Expeditionary Army in Jiangxi, followed by the subordinates of the three prime ministers of Anhui. According to Lin Fengxiang's investigation this time, it is estimated that Shi Dakai can pull away at least 100,000 people from the Western Political Army. Guozong Yang Fuqing had attacked Fujian in the previous period, and after being repulsed by the Qing army, he rested in the area of eastern Jiangxi. It is said that Yang Fuqing is contacting Shi Dakai and preparing to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang with Shi Dakai.

If things really come to this point, then there will be a huge strategic gap in Jiangxi. Zeng Lichang, who was transferred to Yangzhou, went to southern Anhui, and also had the intention of asking Zeng Lichang to assist Lin Fengxiang in dealing with this strict situation.

Lin Fengxiang thought that the chaos caused by the Tianjing Change should end by now, but he didn't expect that he worked hard to maintain it, and it only lasted for a year. The real rupture is only now happening. For a smart person like Shi Dakai, the key condition for another establishment is to let the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attract the onslaught of the Qing army, and he himself looks for the weak points around him, and tries his best to lay a solid territory, and Zhejiang is undoubtedly a good choice.

Shi Dakai didn't want to learn from Wei Ze! Lin Fengxiang smiled bitterly and sighed, at this time he had some new understanding of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.

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