On 26 May, Weese's troops officially began crossing the river. Even if the ships were obtained, the troops only solved the problem of whether they could cross the river, and the degree of crossing the river did not increase. The wide river, the turbulent current, and the scarcity of sailors all made it impossible to cross the river.

"Captain Liang, why don't you let the other brothers help?" At the military meeting, Zhang Yingchen was very puzzled by Liang Changtai's choice. The more people are easier to do, and the more brothers help row, it will always be faster.

"Chief of Staff Zhang, you haven't sailed a boat since you heard this." Although Liang Changtai wanted to be polite, he couldn't be polite at this time, "The more sailors, the better, but if you are not a sailor, you can row the boat with an oar, but I am afraid that you will be able to overturn the boat." ”

"How is this possible?" Zhang Yingchen was unhappy.

Wei Ze said with a smile: "What's impossible about this, Chief of Staff Zhang must not have rowed a dragon boat, when rowing a dragon boat, someone must beat a drum at the bow of the boat, and the person who rows the oars must paddle according to the drum beat." You have to train hard. ”

When it comes to training, Zhang Yingchen no longer refutes that Wei Ze's army attaches the most importance to training, and any job must be trained accordingly, not only to practice how to do it, but also to learn why to do it. Although he didn't dare to refute anymore, Zhang Yingchen was also anxious, and he asked: "If this is the case, how long will it take to cross the Li River?" ”

"Three days." Liang Changtai replied decisively.

"For three days, the main force of the Taiping army doesn't know where it has gone." Zhang Yingchen is really anxious. Before crossing the Li River, he was almost desperate about whether he could cross the river soon. Now that we have finally been able to cross the river, a new and difficult situation is in front of us. Tens of thousands of Qing troops have already crossed the Li River, and there are nearly 20,000 Qing troops in Guilin, and they are also likely to cross the Li River. If they could not join the main force as much as possible, Wei Ze's troops could have to fight the Qing army at any time.

What's more, at the moment the troops will not be able to eat food for ten days. After becoming the chief of staff, Zhang Yingchen's breadth of vision had to expand a lot, and for the troops of 2ooo people, there was a world of difference from when he was 3oo people. If you have a village, you can take out 3oo people to eat food for 1o days. And it is impossible for any village in Guangxi to come up with food for 2ooo people to eat for ten days.

Wei Ze himself was in a hurry, so he didn't want Zhang Yingchen to say something that would affect the morale of the army, "It's useless to be anxious, there must be a way before the car reaches the mountain." We will deal with whatever we encounter, but we can't mess up ourselves no matter what. The reconnaissance force was divided into two parts, half of which crossed the river, and hurriedly explored the road to find the main force of the Taiping army. ”

The reconnaissance unit soon found a noteworthy target. The Qing army led by Yu Wanqing is beginning to deploy defenses along the river, and according to the current situation, Yu Wanqing's troops have expanded to Wei Ze's river crossing place, which is a matter of one day.

"Let's fight!" Wei Changrong is the absolute main battle faction.

"Can't fight!" Wei Ze immediately vetoed Wei Changrong's proposal.

"Why?" Wei Changrong was very surprised. This was the first time that Wei Ze put forward the idea of avoiding war, Wei Changrong thought that Wei Ze would announce his readiness to fight, and then began to lead the brothers to pounce on the Qing army.

"We've moved the crossing point here." Weser said, pointing to the map. The place he was referring to was more than a dozen miles downstream from the current crossing point. If there is anything special, there is a big bend between the river course of this place and the place where Yu Changqing is likely to reach. Wei Ze actually wanted to use such a turn to obscure Yu Changqing's sight.

"Isn't this just a gamble of luck?" Wei Changrong said in surprise. For more than ten miles, the Qing army can reach it in half a day at most, and it only takes an hour to continue to move forward. When the time comes, it will still be the Qing army.

"Now we're just going to gamble on our luck!" Wei Ze said calmly, "What's the benefit of fighting at this time? There are at least 3ooo people in Yu Changqing's department, and only 1ooo people have crossed the river, and there is no way to eliminate Yu Changqing in one fell swoop. Even if the Qing army of Yu Chang is defeated, it will only make the Qing army gather here for us. At that time, we had not finished crossing the river, what should we do with our brothers in the south of the Yangtze River? Leave them there? ”

A large part of the troops who have not crossed the river now are old and weak, and they are all relatives of the soldiers in the troops. Let the fighters fight for their loved ones, and everyone naturally has unlimited courage. But these people can be left south of the Li River, and these people will not survive the attack of the Qing army under any circumstances. As for letting them go home on their own, there is no need to think about it, the food of the troops can be eaten for seven or eight days at most, and these people will not even be able to go back to Lijia Village, which is already empty, for seven or eight days. At this point, there is no choice. You have to cross the river with all the people on board.

For fear of being discovered by the Qing army, the reconnaissance troops did not dare to send dense observation posts. The Qing army showed no signs of completely stopping, and they continued to expand the scope of their search. When more than 500 people could cross the river, the Qing army reached the bend of the river. At this time, even Wei Ze couldn't sit still, and a plan to rush the Qing army in a short period of time had been formulated.

Just before the troops were about to leave, they suddenly got the news that the Qing army had actually shrunk its troops when they were about to appear as Wei Ze's river-crossing troops. This can confuse Wesser. The Qing army is preparing to make some kind of trouble.

After all the troops had crossed the river, Weese did not even dare to continue north at once. Yu Wanqing's movements have to be figured out first. However, the scouts who went out brought back a small group of people, and Wei Ze was stunned when he saw the person, and that person turned out to be Lin Fengxiang, the imperial guard.

Lin Fengxiang was not so surprised, when he saw Wei Ze, he stepped forward and grabbed Wei Ze's arm, "Brother Wei, the East King said that the Qing Demon sent people to this side of the Li River, it must be because you caught up." Neither the King of Heaven nor the King of the South believed it. The king of the east ordered me to wait out to look for it, and sure enough, I found it. ”

Wei Ze was even more surprised at this time, he could think of how the Taiping army was in a hurry to go north, but he didn't expect that in such a situation, Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, could actually go north according to the movements of the Qing army.

"Then why did the Qing Demon suddenly withdraw?" Weeser asked. Yu Wanqing's movements are uncertain now, and Wei Ze is most concerned about this.

"What's that......" Lin Fengxiang was a very simple person, he thought for a moment and then replied, "I don't know, if it weren't for Brother Wei, you said so, I wouldn't know about it." ”

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