Chapter 240: A Difficult Decision

"Jiangnan Daying Zhang?"

As soon as Yu Shufeng heard this name, the whole person fell directly to the ground, but his whole person on the ground relaxed: "Jiangnan Daying Zhang, it must be Zhang Guoliang, that's right, it's General Zhang!" ”

When Yu Shufeng thought of Zhang Guoliang rushing to help Zhejiang, the whole person was crying and making trouble: "Great, great!" The death period of this group of red thieves has arrived, and it is not easy for Zhang Zhentai to exterminate this group of thieves! ”

You must know that the Hunan army has not yet risen, although Zhang Guoliang is only a general soldier, but in actual combat, he can be regarded as the real first general in the south of the Yangtze River, with many soldiers and generals, and the most foreign guns and artillery.

It's just that Wu Hongchuan is very careful: "Zhang Zhentai sits under Jinling City all the year round, and it is said that the camp is only a few miles away from Jinling, how can he leave Jinling City lightly, this is impossible, it is impossible!" ”

It's just that Shi Jingfen made up her mind: "It must be Zhang Guoliang, it must be Zhang Zhentai, hurry up and notify it out, just say that Zhang Guoliang Zhentai in the Jiangnan camp will rush to Jinhua, and the red thief will be pacified in a few days!" ”

It's just that the next moment, he explained his reason to Wu Hongchuan: "The red thief is going to the state capital, presumably Rao Zhentai is more auspicious, if you don't stir up people's hearts, I'm afraid our Jinhua Mansion is also more auspicious, how can you scare the red thief!" ”

Wu Hongchuan has already understood, no matter whether Zhang Guoliang is here or not, he can only beat Zhang Guoliang's name out first, and he has a very good way: "In this case, it is better to let the villain's subordinates pretend to be the vanguard of Zhang Zhentai and walk around the city and outside the city!" ”

"Good! Just follow the method of Wu Shenrong! ”

¢ Prefecture's withdrawal from the siege, coupled with the Jiangnan battalion rushing to help, finally made Shi Jingfen feel a lot more relieved.

Zhejiang's worry-free!

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"What, Zhang Guoliang is here!"

Zhang Yuzao was almost frightened by his own family, and he said repeatedly: "What can I do, what can I do!" ”

Sun Huzi is just the general of the green battalion, and he hasn't seen Zhang Guoliang's achievements on the official documents, so he asked Zhang Yuzao: "If you come, you will come!" We're not afraid of this! ”

"But this big goat is not simple!" Zhang Yuzao, as the prefect of Taizhou, has a deep understanding of the situation in the Jiangnan battalion: "Zhang Guoliang can be said to be the No. 1 general in the Jiangnan battalion, brave and unmatched, and his Chaoyong is known as the first strong soldier in the battalion, which is not easy to deal with, extremely difficult to deal with!" ”

Although he is a thief, he still has fear in his heart for such a strong general: "Battalion Commander Sun, you have to think of a way, with our battalion, you can't deal with Zhang Guoliang!" ”

"How many soldiers can Zhang Guoliang bring?" Sun Huzi was first concerned about this question: "We add the Shanye Military Academy, how can there be more than 2,000 people!" ”

"There are 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers in the Jiangnan battalion, and Zhang Guoliang Changtong leads thousands to 10,000 people!" Zhang Yuzao told Sun Huzi not to be careless: "Don't be careless, this thief is the best at fighting, and he will personally charge into battle in every battle, and he has the most foreign guns and cannons!" ”

"The most foreign guns and cannons?" This comment made Sun Huzi pay attention: "It's really not easy to deal with!" ”

As he spoke, further news had already arrived.

A businessman found this reinforcement in the direction of northern Zhejiang, there were a lot of them, at least four or five thousand people, and the banner was "Jiangnan Daying Zhang", among which there was a horse team, and it was also equipped with a large number of foreign guns and cannons.

In Jinhua City, there are already legends that the general soldier Zhang Guoliang came to help, leading more than 10,000 soldiers to aid Jinhua, and Quzhou was besieged, and there were 20,000 soldiers who could support Zhezhong at that time.

The hearts of the people in the counties who had settled down were now recurring, and soon there were small groups of militia armed forces, and more importantly, the arrival of Zhang Guoliang. ..., Sun Huzi knew the name Zhang Guoliang, but within a few hours, everyone repeated this name, and everyone was talking about the origin and achievements of this person.

In this case, he could only ask Liu Changchi for help: "The inspection point has defeated the four thousand Min Yong selected by Rao Tingxuan in the state capital, and he should be able to return to the aid of Zhejiang Zhongzhong, right?" ”

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The state capital. Yeosu City.

The officials of the prefecture and county at the head of the city all looked at the retreating red thieves with pale faces, and they surrounded Lishui City again.

Obviously, Rao Tingxuan's reinforcements have failed, and now this rainbow army is not in a hurry to attack the city, but first put Rao Tingxuan's banner and more booty under the city: "Brothers, the four thousand Min Yong led by Rao Tingxuan, the chief soldier of Zhangzhou Town, have all been annihilated by our army, and none of them have fled back!" ”

"You want to count on them to come to your rescue, but there is no hope for you! In this case, do you still have to work for the demons? You only have a few taels of silver a month, and those who are usually officials have to deduct more than half, and when the war is over, you will be sent to death before it will be issued to you! ”

The officers of the Hongjun below are all telling the real truth, not to mention that the Hongjun also said on the spot, and pulled out the heroes of the Zhuzhou City who were captured in front of them: "The villagers in the city, the Hongjun treats the prisoners leniently, does not kill the prisoners, and also pays the passage fee ......."

In this case, the defenders in the city were uncertain, they felt that since they couldn't hold it, it was better to hand over the gun and go out to the Hong army.

And Lu Ziyun under the city is also very relaxed.

In the cloud. And. There was good news from the independent battalion of the county and town guards, they had formed combat effectiveness while training and fighting, and they could be put into battle at any time, and the cattle knife battalion had basically recovered to full strength after resting, and the newly replenished prisoners were willing to go into battle for themselves, as long as they were paid full salaries.

In this case, after taking Lishui City, the entire state capital can be slowly taken down step by step, and the Hongjun also pulled out all the heavy firearms to show it.

"Strive to open Yeosu City in one day!"

Liu Changzheng said, and there was already bad news over there: "Check, check, Sun Huzi urgently report, something big happened in Zhejiang!" ”

"What's the big deal?"

"Zhang Guoliang, the chief soldier of the Jiangnan battalion, led thousands of elite soldiers to rush to the aid of Jinhua Mansion!"

This news made the entire conference room turn their heads and ears, and Yang Changmei said directly: "How is it possible, this is impossible, how can Zhang Guoliang leave the vicinity of Jinling?" ”

She knew very well that Datouyang's military camp was only two miles away from Jinling City, within the range of the Taiping army's artillery, and most of the time he didn't even leave his military camp and went to Xiangrong's Purple Mountain camp to discuss matters.

Such a general who was relied on by Xiang Rong as the Great Wall, how could Xiang Rong let go, she repeatedly asked for details: "What the hell is going on?" ”

And Shi Tinglan was surprised: "This ...... This is unlikely! However, if Zhang Guoliang rushes to the aid of Jinhua Mansion, we should immediately withdraw to Jinhua Mansion, if it is delayed for too long, I am afraid that the Panshi Battalion will not be able to hold on! ”

She usually has a lot of scheming and little decision, which is reflected at this time: "Are we going to continue to attack the state capital?" ”

The opinions below quickly formed two factions, and Lu Ziyun said unyieldingly: "Of course, if you continue to attack Lishui City, it will only take one day to break the city, only one day!" ”

"More than a day!" Jutun of the Dragon Lance Battalion objected: "It will take a day to fight Yeosu City, and after the battle, you must rest for at least a day!" ”

"No matter what, Lishui City is a government city after all, so how can you prepare two or three hundred casualties!" ..., "But if we don't take Lishui City, the development of our Niudao Battalion in the state capital will be in big trouble!" ”

Everyone's opinions were not unanimous, and Liu Chang and Yang Changmei were asking about the specific details, and they got another piece of news that surprised them: "What, the Taiping army has withdrawn from western Zhejiang?" ”

Yang Changmei and Shi Tinglan were shocked at first, but then they didn't know what it was like.

Speaking of which, the withdrawal of the Taiping army from western Zhejiang, the military pressure in front of the Hong army is much greater, but at least the conflict situation they imagined will not happen for the time being.

However, the withdrawal of the Taiping army from western Zhejiang, in the long run, is relatively unfavorable to the development of the Taiping army, and they really don't know what it feels like.

Yang Changmei and Shi Tinglan were secretly blaming their elder brother, why did they have no long-term vision, and after entering Zhejiang, they knew that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not try to take Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which was really the biggest strategic mistake.

But it was useless to say more, they just hoped that Liu Chang could avoid the mistakes that had happened in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

At present, whether to attack the state capital or not, I am afraid that after the capital Tianjing, it is a major decision as whether to immediately send troops to the Northern Expedition.

"It can't be Zhang Guoliang, Zhang Guoliang was leaned on by Xiang Rong as the Great Wall, how could he be sent to support Zhejiang?"

But Sun Huzi said that the merchant clearly saw that the big banner said Jiangnan Daying Zhang! Jinhua Mansion also let out a statement, saying that Zhang Guoliang was rushing to help Zhejiang. ”

"Jiangnan Daying Zhang may not be Zhang Guoliang!"

Everyone's opinions could not be unified, and soon someone gave an example: "We will go back to the division of Zhejiang first, defeat the Qing Demon and then take the state capital, when we hit Linhai City, we were about to fight, but because of Huangyan's problem, we retreated!" The situation is much the same now as it was then. ”

"That's different, we don't know whose army this Qing Demon is now?"

"How long can the recruits of Sun Huzi and Shanye Military Academy last in Zhejiang! They're only one battalion! ”

"I think it's better to lay down the state capital first!"

The two sides soon began to argue, and finally they pointed their eyes at Liu Chang: "Check, you have a charter, right?" ”

"Yes, be quick, either take down the state capital immediately, or immediately return to Zhejiang!"

Liu Chang was also analyzing the benefits and disadvantages, and he glanced at Lu Ziyun: "Are you confident?" ”

Lu Ziyun didn't know what Liu Chang meant, but he quickly replied: "Have confidence, check, are you preparing?" ”

He didn't know whether Liu Chang wanted to capture Lishui City or go back to Jinhua Mansion directly.