Hu Yihuang, the king of Yu, attacked the city along the Yangtze River, and the road was very smooth, and the resistance of the Qing soldiers was almost negligible. Now his army of 50,000 has taken Huangzhou as a group. "Take Huangzhou, Wuchang is just around the corner!" Hu Yihuang is very confident.

The prefect of Huangzhou barely resisted for three days, and on the fourth day, he really couldn't stop the fierce attack of the Taiping army, and was ready to hang himself.

"Sir, wait. News came from the other side of the city wall that reinforcements were coming. The subordinate hurriedly grabbed him.

The prefect of Huangzhou was overjoyed, but he still didn't believe it and said: "Where are the reinforcements, there are not many soldiers in Wuchang City, how can they come to save us?" ”

"The lord is real, it is the Hubei Inspector Jiang Zhongyuan who is here." The subordinate hurriedly explained.

The prefect of Huangzhou, with the support of his subordinates, trembled and climbed the city wall, and saw that there was indeed a Qing army coming from the north.

Since the Taiping army left Hunan and went to Tianjing. Jiang Zhongyuan had been suppressing bandits in Hubei and nearby provinces, and the victory of the Taiping Army had spurred various parties and gangs to revolt.

Jiang Zhongyuan's previous performance was valued by Xianfeng, so that he cooperated with nearby prefectures and counties to help suppress, he successively suppressed the rebels in Pingtongcheng, Chongyang, Jiayu, and Puqi, and captured the rebel leaders Liu Lijian, Chen Baidou, Xiong Kaiyu and others.

This time Hu Yihuang was menacing, Jiang Zhongyuan knew the importance of Huangzhou, once Huangzhou was lost, Wuchang would be in danger, and if Wuchang was lost again, Hubei would be turbulent again.

"Let the besieging team retract." Hu Yihuang did not dare to slack off, although he had an army of 50,000, but the besieging team was only 20,000, and the other teams were scattered in the surrounding counties. According to his observation, Jiang Zhongyuan's team in front of him was about 10,000 people, and he did not dare to underestimate the enemy.

What Hu Yihuang didn't expect was that Jiang Zhongyuan dared to attack more with less and take the initiative to attack. That night, he took advantage of the fact that Hu Yihuang's army had not yet been gathered, and sent hundreds of dead soldiers to set fire to Hu Yihuang's army grain depot.

Hu Yihuang had no choice but to withdraw his troops when he ran out of food, and Jiang Zhongyuan took this opportunity to transfer troops from all over the place to reinforce Wuchang, temporarily stabilizing the situation in Hubei.

Jiang Zhongyuan did a good job, Xianfeng saw that the situation in Hubei had just been decided, and he sent him to Anhui to deal with Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, who had almost won the entire territory of northern Huibei, and promoted him to be the governor of Anhui.

In just over two years, Jiang Zhongyuan has gone from a small county magistrate who does not enter the stream to a local member of the second grade, and he has worked hard. As soon as he received Xianfeng's order, he drove the army to Anhui on the same day. Xianfeng didn't misread anyone this time, Jiang Zhongyuan's military exploits are indeed outstanding, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has suffered a lot from him since Yong'an, Lingyidu was almost in a desperate situation by him, and Jiang Zhongyuan has the merit of protecting the city in Changsha, it can be said that Jiang Zhongyuan has risen step by step with his military merits, and his performance in Hunan Yong is indeed eye-catching.

At this time, Qin Rigang in Anhui also made progress quite smoothly, taking all the large and small state cities north of Luzhou (now Hefei). However, on his way south to conquer Luzhou, he bumped into Jiang Zhongyuan.

The two of them brought about the same number of people, both around 20,000. However, Jiang Zhongyuan's land is high, and he has a bit of a cheap location.

"King Yan, why don't you wait for the nearby brothers to come over together and then start a war?" The subordinate suggested.

"These Qing demons are vulnerable, so I will press them tomorrow and destroy these Qing demons." Qin Rigang's self-confidence was a little overdone, which was related to the fact that he had not encountered decent resistance in Huibei before. Now not only him, but even the Taiping army under him is very inflated.

Self-confidence is a good thing, but if you are too inflated, it is easy to fall for it. Jiang Zhongyuan sent a team of decoys, and Qin Rigang took the bait very straightforwardly, and when he was cut off by Jiang Zhongyuan and surrounded between two rivers, he found that something was wrong.

Qin Rigang tried to break through several times, but it didn't work, but he was killed and injured a lot of living forces. A few days later, Qin Rigang finished eating the little grain and grass he had brought, and the army's morale was completely unstable.

"Let the sons and daughters get on!" Jiang Zhongyuan, who was extremely experienced in the battlefield, saw that the Taiping army was at the end of its strength, and decisively launched a general attack on Qin Rigang's headquarters.

Of Qin Riang's more than 20,000 people, only more than 1,000 people were left to cross the river and escape, and the rest were all killed in battle.

In this battle, the Taiping army was greatly injured, and Jiang Zhongyuan took advantage of the victory to pursue, recovered all the cities in Huibei, and drove Qin Rigang's team out of Huibei.

The remnants of Qin Rigang's defeated army retreated to Tianjing, and Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, was furious and immediately withdrew his title of King Yan and demoted him to the Marquis of Dingtian.

Yang Xiaoshan, who had been training in Wuhu for a long time, finally waited for a new order from the East King.

On this day, in Yang Xiaoshan's big tent, Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, Wei Jun, Li Shixian, Lin Qirong and others all rushed over, and heard that the prince had something important to announce today.

Yang Xiaoshan took out the order of the East King, and raised his hand violently: "Brothers, it's our turn to play!" ”

The generals below were ecstatic, they had been holding back here in Wuhu for too long, they hadn't rested for so long since they entered the kingdom of heaven, they were used to fighting on the battlefield, and once they rested, they were a little uncomfortable. When they heard the news that there was going to be a war, everyone had a look of excitement on their faces.

"Great! Finally there was a fight. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shizi, where to fight?" Chen Yucheng was the most excited person and hurriedly asked.

"Go to Huibei, King Yan ran into trouble over there, and was almost wiped out by the Qing army." Yang Xiaoshan's face was not good-looking, after all, it was a friendly army, and the defeat of King Yan was also a major loss for the Taiping army.

"Who led the soldiers of the Qing army? Although King Yan is not good at calculation, he is still a powerful warrior in the kingdom of heaven. Li Xiucheng asked curiously.

"It's Jiang Zhongyuan, this person is an old acquaintance. Our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has suffered a lot from him, this person is brave and strategic, and everyone must not take it lightly. "Yang Xiaoshan didn't underestimate this Jiang Zhongyuan, although he had defeated this person in Yong'an.

"Shizi, how do you say how to fight, we will all listen to you." Wei Jundao, everyone was convinced of Yang Xiaoshan's ability.

"I won't tell you anything, I haven't thought about it yet, but this Jiang Zhongyuan is the great enemy of our heavenly kingdom, we had better find a chance to get rid of this person, otherwise he will become a great disaster for our heavenly kingdom." Yang Xiaoshan expressed his worries, and the Qing army, although there were many victories and few defeats, there were also smart people in the Qing army, and they were constantly improving.

But Yang Xiaoshan knew in his heart that it was too difficult to eliminate this person, this person was becoming more and more careful, and he could not hold back from pursuing with such a big advantage last time. In the days of the front line, he defeated King Yu and King Yan successively, and the morale was at its highest, and it was not so easy for him to win.