The next day, Zhou Huai'an got Wang Tianming, the captain of the jumping team, to lead people to touch the wall and sneak attack overnight, but he accidentally encountered the fish that escaped from the net, and was able to attack Yacheng along the dark ditch, and the inside and outside should defeat and surrender most of the defenders; And now only He Huaizhong, who escaped to the festival office, and a small poke die-hard loyalist, are still fighting in the trapped beast;

However, at this moment, Zhou Huai'an still had a faint sense of melancholy and loss. It's like facing a rather tenacious and worthy opponent, after being prepared for a tug-of-war and foreplay, the opponent has already completely knocked down the street with one move. However, Zhou Huai'an quickly threw away the residual emotions of the disease-free moaning petty bourgeoisie brought over by later generations.

It is quite fortunate to be able to achieve a relatively complete victory at the least cost. After all, each of these soldiers he brought out was a very valuable potential seed and flame; It's not just a simple and meaningless number on paperwork. As far as your future career and ambitions are concerned, of course, it would be right to survive one more thing.

However, because of the previous explanation in front of Zhu Cun, it seems that he accidentally expected the enemy to be accurate, and by the way, he increased his prestige and worship value among those new and old subordinates; Although this extra episode is not actually in the windfall that I expected, and there is even a bit of embarrassment that the prediction is disappointed, it is not enough to be humane to outsiders.

In fact, Zhou Huai'an, who has always been there, will give lectures and write propaganda materials to his subordinates from time to time, and use this little by little to show that as a traverser, all kinds of visions with prescient tendencies, or instill some judgments that are commonplace after seeing too much in later generations.

As a result, their attitude has evolved from a lack of interest at the beginning to an almost blind reverence and trust, and even some of them (mainly in the later ranks and direct orders) can carry out any orders given unconditionally without understanding and like brainless loyalists.

Of course, the main reason for this is not only Zhou Huai'an's eloquence or good writing, but based on his previous analysis and prediction, it will gradually become a psychological expectation that is being fulfilled. After moving from one accurate to the correct inertia in this way, it is not difficult to understand the potential trust foundation that his subordinates have accumulated in Zhou Huai'an.

In this way, even if there are deviations and fallacies in his actions in the future, his subordinates will have corresponding self-correction (brain supplement) understanding and room for error. Of course, the disadvantage is that under the gradually growing personal authority and blind confidence, there are fewer and fewer people who can question and debate with him in a normal and equal mentality, and even put forward more constructive counter-arguments.

In this way, there is virtually no source for the middle and upper layers to continuously correct and confirm their own gains and losses, and only the middle and lower levels are left to make up for the shortcomings in the details and maintain the aftermath. As the saying goes, no matter whether the individual wants to or not, as long as the higher the power rises, the more lonely the high place will become.

At least at the strategic level and in the general direction, Zhou Huai'an can no longer find a suitable object to discuss; Although there is also a righteous envoy Wang Pan who is above himself, in fact, his level has been constrained by the limitations of his starting point, and he cannot communicate in depth like a normal modern person.

Therefore, he can only constantly reflect on himself and use those similar examples in history to constantly confirm and refer to his own gains and losses. At this moment, he suddenly had a certain idea, and now with the continuous expansion of strength and chassis, he seems to lack a few think tank roles who can share the labor for him in military strategy and strategy;

To say that the young sergeants of the staff group can only be said to be able to spin under the baton led by themselves, but in other aspects they are particularly immature and inexperienced, and it takes enough time to grow and experience the qualified level in their minds;

The veterans and other retained personnel in the army group have no shortage of corresponding military and military experience, but their vision and pattern are bound by the old-style background, and they also need to be shaped and run in enough cycles to reverse and remove the residual influence of these old habits and practices, so as to be of great use.

In the end, the two or three kittens in Zhou Huai'an's own staff group are basically practical talents in people's livelihood, governance, financial planning and construction; Using their abilities as an aid to farm and climb tech trees is acceptable; However, it is too difficult for them to do something in army building and conquest.

In fact, Zhou Huai'an also has a potential candidate, that is, Li Zhu, the former envoy of Guan Guijing, who was secretly confined in Guangzhou City, and specially wrote his own memoirs and lessons learned from the army under supervision. He had been in charge of the southwestern barbarians for many years and did not dare to make any changes (they all ran away to plague Annam), and he had repeatedly defeated and defeated the old-fashioned generals and retainers of the superior peasant army head-on.

It's just that because of the comfort of his family, he was forced to fall into the hands of the rebels. Therefore, before he has enough strength and credentials, Zhou Huaian does not dare to use him easily; Once he is released, the influence or destructive power is actually no less than Cui Miao, the former observer of eastern Zhejiang, who is now following Huang Chao as a ceremonial envoy;

For Cui Miao, who failed to be martyred in time and surrendered to the thief, although the Tang Dynasty did not follow the heinous article to raze the three clans; But he also killed the whole family and liquidated it to his wife and uncle's family; And the Qinghe Cui clan, from which he was born, also announced that he was ashamed to divide the door and not enter the ancestral shrine.

If this Li Ji is not good to use, this is a double-edged sword with huge impact (damage) on the court side and the Taiping Army itself. However, Zhou Huai'an has not been bothered by this problem for long, and a new situation has emerged.

"Serve as a leader. Urgent news from outside the North City. ”

A flag team on duty waited for the road

"Wang Zuofeng found that there were traces of official ship activities on the water in the north, and he had already led the boat master to chase after him."

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help frowning slightly, this Wang Chongba usually looks quite calm, how can he become reckless at this time. You must know that the current inland water surface strength of the Taiping Army can really only be called a boat master.

Because they were all river boats that transported people and goods in large quantities, they were temporarily symmetrical counterweights, equipped with some batters, crossbows, and archers, as the basic defensive force and long-range support projection, while the offensive tasks and needs were mainly accomplished by the foot soldiers who went ashore.

Therefore, it is different from the water blockade that relies on the infantry troops on both sides of the strait to echo; In the absence of a land infantry to follow up and respond, relying solely on the armament of these boat divisions on board will inevitably have some weaknesses and drawbacks of insufficient aggression.

"Old vain, I think. Brother Wang, I'm afraid I'm in a hurry."

At this time, Zhu Cun, who was beside him, seemed to see Zhou Huai'an's doubts and unhappiness, and took the initiative to speak up to ease his cheeks

"If the officers and soldiers can come from the river, I'm afraid of the Jiangling side."

Zhou Huai'an sighed heavily, this explanation is not unacceptable, but the corresponding evaluation has dropped by two notches; After all, it's not the subordinates you brought out, and it's hard to count on the order and ban at a critical time, so the requirements can't be too high.

"In addition, the Su Duwei stationed on the west bank has sent a regiment of cavalry to chase after him, and there will be news soon."

Then the Yu Hou continued.

"That's right."

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but nod again, the commander in charge of the east coast, Su Wuming, was a safe and cautious countermeasure;

The support provided by this regiment's cavalry is actually secondary, but it can guarantee that if something goes wrong, it can be used to maneuver and entangle with it for a while before the horsepower is exhausted; There is even a high probability that people will highlight the ambush and encirclement in time, and they will rush back to report and ask for help.

"Then let's take some of the riverboats that patrol the south side back for the time being as a supplement."

Zhou Huai'an continued to command.

"Since there are traces of suspected official and military activities on the river, it is necessary to be cautious and solemn."

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At the same time, on the river more than ten miles away, Wang Chongba was also full of anxiety and ordered to chase and kill these ships with official and military flags, hoping to obtain something from them;

Because since they have appeared here, does it mean that something bad has happened to Gangneung's side? In this mood of worry and self-blame, he longed to put on his wings and fly to Gangneung.

However, compared with those elated subordinates who were chasing and killing, Wang Chongba was slowly in a different mood, and the ships of these officers and soldiers were too sparse and weak. Although he was not a good at water warfare, he could still chase and attack these officers and soldiers everywhere on the water just by using the crossbowmen and slapsticks on the ship and throwing fire.

Then, he gradually realized that there was something wrong with it.

Except for those who were burned and overturned and fled, most of the rest were civilian ships that had been forcibly recruited and planted with the flag of the official army; He was clearly fooled; Thinking of his duty to block the flow of water, his face changed in horror and he said sharply.

"Quick, let's turn around. I'm afraid something is going to happen."

However, the pursuit down the river is as brisk as flying, but if you want to drive back against the current, the speed of the sail and oars will be greatly reduced. But this is not something that can be diverted by his will.

And under the shroud of the fog that completely disappeared after the sun rose, the river banks that were revealed were hidden on the road between the intermittent low hills, and you could also see the fresh footprints that had been traveled in large quantities, as well as the debris that had been discarded one after another, trampled in the mud back and forth.

(End of chapter)