Yong'an entered the winter, the Qing army's war made no progress, and the silver given by the emperor was only enough to distribute basic daily expenses. Tens of thousands of troops camped in the wilderness, so many mouths to eat, drink and wear, every day the army sent people to ask for military expenses, so that the head of the race fell out of his hair a lot, and he was about to go bald.

A few days ago, there was even a small number of soldiers in the Ulantai army who fled, and Ulantai wrote a letter threatening not to pay more military salaries, and there might even be a mutiny in the army in the future. Of course, Sai Shoufu knew the reason, although the military expenditure was small, it was not enough to produce a mutiny, and it must be a bad habit in the army, officers at all levels withheld at all levels, and the soldiers at the grassroots level were exploited miserably to cause such a situation.

Saishan'a hurriedly asked Yao Ying to go to the Ulantai army to investigate and appease the officers and soldiers instead of him. The military situation is already very urgent, and at the moment of the great enemy, there can be no more turmoil in our own army.

Cézanne was in a terrible mood because he was overwhelmed by military affairs. Today, the soldiers gave him good news, and the Qing soldiers scouts who entered Yong'an with Zhou Xineng replied.

The letter was placed at a hidden contact point outside Yong'an that had been arranged in advance, and a special person went to investigate it three times a day in the morning, noon and evening. Today the letter looks very important, and the word "urgent" is added to the envelope.

Sezanne carefully opened the envelope, read the contents of the letter carefully, and when he finished reading it, he smiled and shouted, "God help me." ”

The soldiers on the side all felt strange, Sai Shousuke had always looked sad on weekdays, and what was written on this letter made him so happy.

"Go and invite the two general soldiers to come to my tent to discuss things." After reading the letter, Sai Shoufu immediately sent his own soldiers to invite the two commanders.

Not long after, Liu Changqing's general soldiers and Li Nengchen's general soldiers arrived in the first auxiliary tent one after another.

Sai Shousuke smiled and handed the letter to the two chief soldiers to circulate.

"This week, Xi opened the north gate of Yong'an at midnight, let us into the city, and captured and killed the bandit leader Hong Xiuquan and others in one fell swoop. What is the intention of the two commanders? Sai Shoufu looked at the two commanders.

"That Zhou Xineng is really capable, Lord Shoufu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we can't miss it." Liu Zongbing immediately congratulated.

"Shousuke-sama, is there any fraud in this? What if Zhou Xi can trick us into going into the city? Li Zongbing's personality is more cautious, he thought about it for a while.

"This won't be, Zhou Xineng only sent his wife and children to our camp a few days ago, if he deliberately deceived us, how could he send his wife and children? And the person who sent his wife and children over also said that Zhou Xineng had successfully mixed into the city defense team, which I think is true. Liu Zongbing waved his hand and did not agree with Li Zongbing's statement.

"What Mr. Liu said is that I think Zhou Xineng was just an ordinary man, he was not smart enough to use his wife and children to deceive us, he was not so high. This time is indeed a rare opportunity, as long as they catch their Heavenly King, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will immediately fall apart and be self-defeating. "Saishou auxiliary interface.

"The army has been stationed in the field for a long time, this day is freezing, and the military pay is insufficient, and the soldiers below have already complained, if they can eliminate the bandits in one fell swoop this time, they can end the suffering of this campaign as soon as possible." Liu Zongbing continued.

"What Mr. Liu said is also what I think." Sai Shoufu has begun to miss the life in the capital in the past, leading troops to fight in the territory of Guangxi is like distribution, and he has had enough of it these days. The key is that the pressure on him from the emperor is too great, so he can't sleep comfortably day and night, and he dreams of quickly ending the bandits here and returning to the capital.

"Shall we ask Staff Officer Yao to come and then discuss this matter?" Li Zongbing always felt that this thing came too well, too smoothly, too suddenly, and not so real, so he gritted his teeth and suggested.

"Staff Officer Yao went to the labor army of the Ulantai Department for me, I may not be able to come back for the time being, this matter can't wait, the opportunity is really rare, we still have to make a decision and seize the opportunity." Sai Shousuke was already a little impatient, and he wanted to eliminate the bandits immediately.

Saishan'a did not rashly march into Yong'an, he sent Li Zongbing to stay in the camp, he and Liu Zongbing took 3,000 elite cavalry, entered the hinterland of Yong'an from different directions in three ways, and made an appointment to meet outside the north gate of Yong'an at midnight. In this way, even if they are discovered by the Taiping army along the way, they can easily get rid of it, so that they can't figure out the true intention of this battle.

There are still four or five miles away from the north gate of Yong'an, and there is still half an hour left before the appointed time. The night was very dark, and even if the Qing army was carrying torches, it was very troublesome to get on the road. Sai Shoufu stopped the army, and if he walked further, it was easy to be discovered by the people on the Yong'an City Gate, and he asked the Qing soldiers to rest in place first, and then sent spies to the north gate to observe the situation.

On the north gate of Yong'an, Yang Xiuqing and Xiaoshan sat quietly under the city tower, waiting for the arrival of the Qing army. From the captured Qing soldiers, they obtained their contact information with the battalion. The letter was forged by Yang Xiaoshan, in order to lure the Qing army to attack the city.

Ever since Saishan'a led his troops into Yong'an, the Taiping army had begun to track their movements. Therefore, Saishana's deliberate three-way trick is quite ridiculous. The Taiping army had long known that their end point was Yong'an City, and there were spies along the way who constantly reported the location of the Qing army.

As soon as the Qing army stopped, the spies quickly reported back to the king of the east, and the Qing army was four or five miles outside the north gate.

"Go and give the king the contact lamp and hang it on the watchtower." In the letter, three white lights were hung on the lookout tower as a signal for the agreement, and the king of the east estimated that the Qing army was about to arrive, and the liaison lights were hung up to make them mistakenly think that it was safe here.

"Xiaoshan, is the North King's side ready?" Yang Xiuqing asked.

"I've been prepared, I've just been there. Now wait for the Qing army to enter the city, let's give him a closed door and beat the dog. Yang Xiaoshan was also very excited, this strategy was proposed by him, and if it succeeded, it would be a great achievement.

Unbeknownst to Cézanne, the spies he sent reported that the contact lights had been hung up and that there were few guards on the walls. He felt that there was a drama in this operation, and he excitedly urged the army to come to the outside of Yong'an City.

Sezanne also hung up three white lights for communication, and everything was as arranged in advance, and the north gate was wide open. The city of Yong'an, which had been out of reach, was as tempting as a woman stripped of her clothes, waiting for the army to enter.

"All the army marches, follow me into the city!" Saishana raised his saber and gave the final battle order. The surrounding Qing troops drew their sabers and prepared to rush into Yong'an, and at this critical juncture, a familiar voice came from afar: "Lord Shoufu, don't enter the city, don't enter the city." ”

The person who came was Yao Ying, and he had returned shortly after Saishana had left the camp. On the side of Li Zongbing, he was surprised to learn of Saishan's plan to march into Yong'an. "It's child's play to take three thousand elite horses on an adventure with just one letter. At least we have to wait for the spies we sent to come back, and we can make a decision after we have a detailed understanding of the situation. Now go rashly to attack the city, eighty percent of which are fraudulent! ”

Yao Ying rushed to chase after Sai Shoufu's army with his guards, and finally caught up at the last moment when he was about to enter Yong'an, seeing that the Taiping army's plan was about to fail.