"A small gun splits the mountain, and the party is the foundation of our Hunan army!" Zeng Guofan said eloquently: "Although foreign guns and foreign cannons are exquisite, they are not as simple as small guns to split mountains, and they are ...... powerful."

This is Zeng Guofan's true thoughts, he is a self-contained figure in military technology, although foreign guns and foreign cannons have been popularized in all aspects of the Hunan army, but still can produce their own bird guns, lifting guns and mountain splitting cannons as the foundation of the Hunan army, to the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from time to time to write to Zeng Guoquan to sell his own modified mountain cannon, claimed to be more refined than foreign artillery, his attitude continued until he met Zhang Shusheng's horse infantry team.

It's just that in this time and space, Zeng Guofan did not arouse the enthusiasm of the generals of the Hunan army, and Wu Hongchuan was the first to stand up: "Shilang, I have broken the red thief six times, and I have won all battles, the only regret is that the red thief has countless foreign guns and foreign cannons, and the equipment is sharp, if I get the help of foreign weapons now, then the thief and I can share the benefits of the firearms, so please ask the waiter to pull out a large number of foreign guns and foreign cannons as appropriate......"

His statement also represents the view of the entire Hunan army, everyone has fought with the Hong Army many times in the past, and they have suffered a big loss in front of the guns and cannons of the Hong Army, so they are the most sensitive to improving the equipment of the party, Liu Changyou has stood up again, he directly pulled his sleeves and said: "From Fuzhou to Nanchang, my army has suffered a lot of losses because the weapons are not as good as people, Shilang, if many battles can be won, it will suffer a big loss because the red thieves are sharp and the guns are sharp, Shilang, tomorrow our army will go all out to fight, just ask for a big ...... of guns."

Zeng Guofan was suddenly embarrassed, and he said: "Although the Russians have already shipped guns, this foreign steamer only has 800 foreign guns, eight foreign cannons, 60 barrels ......of foreign gunpowder, and a number of other ordnance.

As soon as I heard that, there were only 800 foreign guns and 8 foreign cannons. Everyone was deflated first, but Peng Yulin was an old fritter: "Squire, the eight foreign cannons can't exert their power on land, so why don't they be used on water......"

Over there, Bao Chao refused to do it: "Peng Xueqin." Tomorrow, our land division will fight alone, how can I lend you foreign artillery waterways, no, never! ”

Seeing that everyone was arguing, Zhao Liewen hurriedly said: "Although the Russians have received a lot of foreign guns and cannons this time, the situation on the Yangtze River has changed, and I think it's better for everyone not to attack Meng Lang!" ”

"Why?" Peng Yulin just suffered a defeat today. After getting the news of the Russians' arms transfer, he was still thinking about turning the book: "Today, Li Xubin's camp is besieged again, and many soldiers have been lost. ”

Zhao Liewen analyzed from the overall situation: "Why did Russia and Fayi help our arms, it was because they wanted to send troops from Shanghai to attack the thieves, and today's red thieves are elite." All gathered under the city of Nanchang, the elite downstream, only the rock all the way. ”

Zhao Liewen analyzed. The generals and commanders of the Hunan army all understood, and even Bao Chao, a martial artist, said: "As long as you hold Nanchang, the situation will make a big difference." ”

This is a very obvious thing, although I don't know how much the scale of the Russian Yi and Fayi troops to intervene, but according to the experience of the British invaders more than ten years ago, it is by no means a small number, and now although the red thieves in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have a lot of troops, most of them are rising divisions, not elites, I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the attack of the British and French soldiers.

In that case. The two elite red thieves of the Dragon Lance Battalion and the Nanxi Battalion will inevitably return to the south like Shi Da opened Jiangxi last year, in that case, as long as Nanchang is in hand, all the situation will be very good, but Peng Yulin quickly said a question: "Then what about Li Xubin?" ”

Originally, the Hunan army was determined to rely on Nanchang City to resist one by one. In the end, according to the situation of the decisive battle in the city, who expected that the red thieves would suddenly cut off Li Xubin's camp, trying to eat all the 6,000 people, and after two days of siege, Li Xubin's troops suffered a lot of losses, and could only support them for a few more days. ..., Zeng Guofan already had an idea: "The division of Di'an is the division that saves the Hunan army for us, and it is necessary to save ......"

Everyone agrees on this point, Li Xubin's troops can be said to be the strongest combat effectiveness and the largest number of troops in the Hunan army stationed in Jiangxi, if even Li Xubin's army is forcibly annihilated by the Hong army, then the Hunan army will not have the determination to garrison and fight a decisive battle with the Hong army.

Zeng Guofan continued: "But to rescue Di'an, in order to succeed in the first war, there must be no mistakes, so tomorrow will not send troops, the day after tomorrow two roads will advance by land and water, all foreign guns and foreign artillery will be issued to all armies, and the thieves will be destroyed in Nanchang City in a war!" Mr. Liewen, will Di An hold on for another day? ”

Zhao Liewen replied: "There is no news about Li Xubin's camp today, but according to the actual combat situation, when Marshal Peng Xueqin commanded the rescue of the water division, the Nanxi thieves did not attack, and the situation was still good!" ”

"That's good!" Zeng Guofan made up his mind: "In the day after tomorrow, we will advance by land and water, not only to bring Di An out, but also to break the Nanxi ...... This Yuezhou, Banbi Mountain story also! Can you be confident? ”

With the help of the Russians' foreign guns and artillery, the generals of the Hunan army suddenly had confidence: "The thief has confidence in himself......

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"There is a brigade of French soldiers and Russian troops landing in Shanghai?"

As the supreme garrison commander in Suzhou, Bao Meiying got the news for the first time: "Is the situation true? ”

"It's urgent news from Mr. De Mons, who has always had a good relationship with our army!" The officer who reported the news said: "Although his messenger has returned, he has left another urgent message!" ”

Bao Meiying nodded, under the cultivation of Zhou Xiuying, she has grown into a general who can make good decisions, and now there are many cadres in Suzhou Mansion who assist her in handling military and government affairs, and even a few of her own people from the Bao clan.

But it was the first time she had dealt with such an important matter, and she opened the letter sent by De Mences: "What happened to the French and Russian soldiers who suddenly landed in Shanghai?" ”

She couldn't help but worry about this problem, according to the tacit understanding reached between the Hongjun and the British, Suzhou Mansion and Jiaxing Mansion, two large prefectures near Shanghai, could only station infantry battalions of infantry.

The strength of the four infantry battalions can only barely maintain the law and order of such a big mansion, you must know that there are a lot of routs, militia groups, and gun ships in Suzhou Prefecture, and the four infantry battalions can only maintain law and order.

However, as long as the infantry battalion transferred from the Third Division was established in the first half of 1855, it can be regarded as an old infantry battalion with a history of one year, and although the history of the other three infantry battalions can be traced back to the first half of 1855, the formation of the infantry battalion was a matter of the end of 1855, and there was even a new infantry battalion that was only formed in 1856.

Under these circumstances, Bao Meiying had to be sensitive to the landing of the French army in Shanghai, and according to the information obtained in advance, the French already had three or four infantry battalions in Shanghai, and their strength was already the same as that of the Hong army garrison in Suzhou, and the French had already armed a Qing army in Shanghai, according to intelligence, this Qing army was commanded by Li Hongzhang, and the total strength was about six battalions.

In fact, the quality of the garrison in Suzhou Prefecture was not as good as the four infantry battalions in Jiaxing Prefecture, so Bao Meiying made a decision as soon as possible: "Inform Sun Huzi that I need the support of at least two infantry battalions!" ”

The officers beside her were a little surprised by this decision: "Senior Commander Sun is attacking Zhenjiang Mansion, will this time affect his determination, and the French may not be targeting us!" ”

"Even if it's not aimed at us, you can't be unguarded!" Bao Meiying has already made up her mind: "Tell the inspector to ask for an infantry brigade to stand by in Hangzhou Mansion, ready to reinforce Jiaxing Mansion at any time, our troops in these two prefectures are too small!" "But we have an agreement with the British that the garrisons of Jiaxing and Suzhou cannot exceed four infantry battalions!" ”

"That's our agreement with the British, we guarantee the safety of Shanghai!" Bao Meiying has already said: "Tell the inspectors that the situation near Shanghai may change dramatically, and we must be prepared for war with the French...... That's right, it's war......"

Less than twenty-four hours later, Sun Huzi also got the information of Bao Meiying's request for assistance for the first time: "At least two infantry battalions, preferably an infantry regiment, this little girl is so big, she thinks she is Zhou Xiuying!" ”

Since Seng Bao and Seng Lingqin were hit hard, Sun Huzi completed the expansion mission of the Third Division, and when Changzhou Mansion stabilized, he focused on attacking the Qing army on the front line of Zhenjiang Mansion.

Zhang Guoliang is a good opponent, not to mention that the Jiangbei battalion also urgently provided some assistance to the Jiangnan battalion, but the Zhenjiang attack of the third division is still carried out step by step, and it has also achieved considerable results by virtue of its superiority in firepower, as long as there are no accidents, the next Jiangnan battalion will be the most brilliant result in the history of the third division.

Therefore, this accident caught Sun Huzi off guard: "Damn foreigners, if they didn't make trouble, we would have scooped down the entire Zhenjiang Mansion!" ”

That's right, the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture, including the city of Zhenjiang Prefecture, which is now under the control of the Taiping Army.

Wu Ruxiao, the Zhenjiang garrison of the Taiping Army, had already contacted Sun Huzi, and he agreed that as long as the Third Division entered the city, he was willing to hand over the city that had been in the hands of the Taiping Army for three years to the Third Division, and at the same time there were 3,000 old Taiping soldiers out of the city, and for Sun Huzi and the Third Division, these 3,000 old Taiping troops were of greater significance.

These are 3,000 real veterans of the Taiping Army, they have held out for three full years in the face of the siege of tens of thousands of Qing troops in Zhenjiang Mansion, and the Qing army has tried everything to make Wu Ruxiao and his subordinates succumb, if these 3,000 veterans can be obtained, Sun Huzi feels that he can still form two infantry regiments.

Therefore, he hesitated and said: "We can't send reinforcements to Bao Meiying, we should first scoop down the Zhenjiang ......" (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )