Chapter 418: Rescue

Zeng Guofan has always been very calm, but as soon as his words fell, there was already a rumbling serial drama on the edge of the Ganjiang River, which shook his hands a little: "What is the best way to break the thief, come quickly!" ”

Bao Chao was full of courage, he immediately shouted loudly: "Shilang, now the thief lies in a brave word, I and Li Xubin's camp are only three miles away, it can be stopped in an instant, as long as you give an order, our five-way alliance will tear through the thief circle and rescue Lord Li Xubin!" ”

He was full of courage, Liu Changyou over there was a defeated general under the Hong Army, and he lost a lot of soldiers, and immediately said: "Squire, if you attack with all your might, I'm afraid you will fall into the thief's plan, you must know that the red thief is stronger than defending, the most foreign guns and cannons, and the equipment is fine, if you want our army to fight in the field, you can't, if you want to go to war, I'm afraid you will be surrounded by thieves!" ”

Bao Chao disagrees with this point of view: "So what, I am only three or four miles away from Li Xubin's camp, and it is almost instantaneous, and it is useless for thieves to have many soldiers!" ”

Liu Changyou immediately asked for help from Zeng Guofan: "Squire, is there any message over there in Li Di'an?" ”

As soon as he heard that Li Xubin was besieged, Zeng Guofan immediately said: "Xubin has encountered thousands of thieves attacking fiercely, from the morning to the present, more than 1,000 bullets have fallen, the thieves are like a tide, continuous, so the battle situation is very urgent, according to his death to pass the book, the battle to noon, the loss of officers and soldiers has reached 400, although today is reluctant to the enemy, the situation is unpredictable in the next two days, he has made it clear that within five days, the camp is broken, it is Li Xubin's responsibility, if after five days, reinforcements do not arrive, it is the fault of the kings! ”

Bao Chao was the most familiar with Li Xubin's temperament, and he was immediately taken aback: "Li Xubin said that as long as you stick to it for five days, it will be a big trouble!" ”

He knows very well that Li Xubin, the Hunan army, has the largest number of troops and strong combat effectiveness, and Li Xubin's character likes to save the defeated division, it is simply a firefighting team in the Hunan army, where there is the main force of the Taiping Army, he will go to help, and he has won many victories, and never refuses to say a word to show weakness-

But Li Xubin, who is known for being so tough, actually said that he could only keep it for five days at most, so it must be that he could only keep it for five days, and if the time is long, I am afraid that it will be more than auspicious, so Bao Chao immediately said: "Without further ado, it is better to send troops on five roads and fight to the death with the thief!" ”

He had the confidence to fight in the field, but Zeng Guofan didn't, he told Bao Chao and the others: "But Xu Bin also said that the people besieging the camp this time are Huo Qiu Nanxi, and the dragon spear has not moved, so I must be careful!" ”

This news made the Hunan army even more shocked, originally thought that Li Xubin's camp was tight, it was caused by the all-out siege of the Hong army, but he didn't expect that he hadn't used the dragon spear battalion, the most first-class force, until now, and Liu Changyou had already thought of another point: "Shilang, this is troublesome, I can't help it, and I can't save Meng Lang to save ......."

Everyone agrees with Liu Changyou's point of view, Li Xubin can be said to be the most elite among the Hunan armies in Nanchang, with the largest number of troops and the strongest combat effectiveness.

But if you go all out and try to break the siege, it is equivalent to the fat sent to the door, you must know that the red thief is well-armed, and he is good at winning in field battles, and he leaves the camp to relieve the reinforcements, which is most likely a bad and auspicious ending.

Over there, Liu Changyou's brother Liu Kunyi also agreed with his brother's opinion, he walked out and compared the terrain on the ground: "Di'an built a fortress this time, close to the Ganjiang River, although it can get water conservancy, but it is surrounded by red thieves, but it has become a backwater array!" ”

Everyone also understood what Liu Kunyi meant, Li Xubin camped behind the water, and it was advantageous to be on the garrison, but the current situation has changed, but the six thousand Hunan troops have become a lone army trapped in the Jedi.

When everyone was hesitating, Peng Yulin said unequivocally: "If you want to save Li Xubin, it seems that I have to go out with Peng Xueqin, this battle land division is tied, everything depends on my water master's skills!" ..., he, the commander of the Neihu Water Division, did not give face to the army generals present at all: "Squire, today I will order all the troops and horses, go to battle tomorrow, and break the siege in one fell swoop!" ”

Speaking of this battle to relieve the siege, Li Xubin set up camp with his back to the water, and it was indeed the most convenient for Peng Yulin's sailor, but his tone made the generals of the Lu division present have a straight face, but Zeng Guofan especially likes the commander of the Neihu water division: "Then tomorrow will depend on Xueqin's skills!" ”

Bao Chao continued: "When will Xueqin send troops tomorrow, and my land division will go out to meet the enemy at that time, so as to respond to the ......"

Peng Yulin replied: "No need......

The battle in the afternoon was still the sound of gunfire, and the smell of gunpowder could be smelled several miles away, Li Xubin formed a team to counterattack several times, but was beaten back by the Hong army, with considerable casualties, and the communication with the camp of Zeng Guofan was also cut off, but in the evening, the battle continued, which finally relieved the generals of the Hunan army a little.

After nightfall, both sides were mobilizing troops, and the gunfire was one after another, as if Li Xubin had organized several night attacks, and Zeng Guofan had pinned all his hopes on tomorrow's sailors.

You must know that the Hunan Army's naval division can be said to be the core of the Hunan Army's combat effectiveness, the Hunan Army and the Taiping Army have been fighting for two or three years, and almost all of their victories depend on the benefits of the Water Division, and Peng Yulin is the most famous general of the Water Division, and his courage is amazing.

You must know that when Nanchang City was besieged by Shi Dakai's Taiping Army, it was this Peng Yulin who sneaked 700 miles, only took office, and then led the Neihu Water Division into an elite of a hundred battles, and repeatedly defeated the Taiping Army.

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Hangzhou.

Liu Chang was reviewing the documents in his Yanwang Mansion, and suddenly said behind him, "What is the opinion of Qu Jie and Huo Qiu?" ”

"Are you asking my opinion? His Royal Highness King Yan? It was Shi Tinglan who said this: "But I think you should first change the title of this Yan King, after all, the Heavenly King already has a Yan King." ”

"Qin Rigang, right? He's been deposed, and I don't think he'll live long! Liu Chang replied to Shi Tinglan's question: "I'm asking a question from Jiangxi. ”

Shi Tinglan has recovered from the huge blow, but she is now fighting for her brother: "The problem is that if we enter Jiangxi like this, it will be difficult for my brother to deal with it in Tianjing." ”

"I know that the Wing King is difficult to do in Tianjing, but he is already very difficult!" Liu Chang replied: "Who called such a Heavenly King!" ”

Shi Tinglan didn't understand what Liu Chang meant: "Ah Chang, what do you mean?" ”

"You'll soon see what I mean!" Liu Chang did not answer Shi Tinglan's question directly: "Are you angry that I robbed two more princesses back?" ”

Yang Changmei snorted: "That's not a princess, I don't recognize them as princesses, but what kind of arrangement did you make to go to heaven?" ”

"Heavenly ......" Liu Chang pointed at the map: "Can it still be called a country?" ”

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is indeed not a separatist government, or rather, even if it is a secessionist regime in history, he is a very weak existence, and the current Taiping Sky is even more so, since their defeat from Wuchang, the Hong Army and the Jiangxi Taiping Army have almost all changed banners, and as a result, their power is completely limited to Su and Anhui.

Strictly speaking, it is only a part of Suzhou and Anhui, even if it is regarded as Anhui, which is regarded as the base of the Taiping Army, they only occupy half of Anhui Province, so Liu Chang said: "I will not enter Anhui Province now, or give the greatest face to the Kingdom of Heaven, if they lose Anhui ......"

For the current Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this is indeed the most fatal blow, but Zhu Hailan said over there: "King Yan, there is no need to talk about Anhui, even if you change banners in Jiangxi, I am afraid that the king of heaven will not feel good in his heart!" ..., Jiangxi still has Anji and other Taiping troops that have not yet changed banners, but as long as Nanchang overcomes, it will be a matter of time before they change banners, so Liu Chang also agrees with this opinion: "We and the kingdom of heaven, there can only be one victor!" ”

Zhu Hailan mentioned another thing: "It's just that there is only Su Wan in Heaven now, that may not be correct, just now Staff Officer Nan brought a letter of information and came over......"

"What's wrong?"

"Chen Yucheng has returned to Eastern Hubei Province!"

Liu Chang immediately praised: "Good! God help me, Nanchang Keke, Jiangxi Province will be in my hands! ”

Zhu Hailan is not so optimistic: "Check, Nanchang can have more than 30,000 Qing demons to guard, of which 20,000 are the Hunan army of Zeng Demon Head, and there are strong cities, the Kingdom of Heaven has not been defeated three times, can they fight in one battle, Commander Qu, can they decide in one battle?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Chang said with confidence: "It will definitely be decided in one battle, and I can also enter Hunan and Hubei, and the Yangtze River will be ...... for me."

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"Peng!"

Peng Yulin's banner was already hoisted at the bow of the ship, followed by dozens of long dragons, tow winds, and other warships of all kinds and sizes, although there were not many of them, they were all professional warships, and each ship had at least dozens of sailors, and as many as hundreds of sailors, as for the artillery equipped on the ship, it was all Western artillery purchased by the Hunan army from Guangdong.

The Neihu Sailor can be said to have exhausted the elite today, Peng Yulin is full of confidence, he stood on the bow of the ship to personally supervise the battle: "In today's battle, only advances are allowed, no retreat is allowed, and those who retreat are all killed!" ”

His own soldiers spread his order to the entire fleet of sailors: "In today's battle, only advance, not retreat, and those who retreat are all killed!" ”

It's just that the next moment, Peng Yulin closed his eyes tightly, silently remembering the person he was dreaming of, the river wind slowly blew on his face, making him a little weak, but soon Peng Yulin opened his eyes, ready to give these bold red thieves a fatal blow.

It's just that his eyes quickly became surprised, and he said in his mouth: "It turns out that it's not a red thief, it's just a defeated subordinate like a Cantonese bandit!" ”

It's just a night's work, and a defense line on the river has been built in front of his eyes, from the iron chain that locks the river to the forts on both sides of the river to the wooden water village in the river, everything is available, but he Peng Yulin is not afraid!

Even if there are thousands of troops and horses, they should be destroyed!