Chapter 307: Return to Anhui
Yang Xiaoshan rushed to the battlefield in Anhui in a hurry, but he was still one step late, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had completely collapsed in Anhui, and Chen Yucheng was betrayed by the traitor Miao Peilin. Zeng Guoquan, the ninth brother of Zeng Guofan, was building fortifications in Yuhuatai on the edge of Tianjing, preparing to besiege Tianjing.
And in addition to a hat of Zhengyi Dutong, he has no soldiers under his command, at this time Zeng Guofan is already unstoppable, he is no longer the militia commander Zeng Guofan, and now all the major theaters are his people, all headed by him, and the court has given him the greatest support.
Yang Xiaoshan also wanted to return to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at this time, but Chen Yucheng was still in the hands of the Qing army, and he had to fish him out first, so he had to wear the "dog skin" of the Qing court.
Now the most anxious thing is to have a team, this is not Sichuan, I am a senior official who crushes people to death, more than a dozen generals of the Hunan army are first- and second-class officers, and there is a large list of governors and admirals, in contrast, although my identity is a little special, but people are already a bureaucracy, and no matter how strong they are, they can't fight.
Zeng Guofan's attitude towards himself speaks for itself, he didn't give anything, isolated himself, and ostensibly agreed that he would form an army alone against the Taiping Army, but in fact, he was hanging up. Although he was promoted quickly in the Qing court, his foundation was too shallow, and the monks and kings were strong and strong, but in the battle of Bali Bridge, the team was all wiped out, and he couldn't help himself if he lost his official position.
At the moment, everything has to be planned on your own, but how can you start it alone? After thinking hard, Yang Xiaoshan finally thought of a trick, this person can help himself.
Wei Jun is also Yang Xiaoshan's old subordinate, although he has been shrouded in the light of Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng for a long time because of his young age, but Yang Xiaoshan used him during the expedition to the west and let him lead the army alone. Wei Jun lived up to Yang Xiaoshan's expectations and played his own style.
So far, in the vicinity of Wuchang, there is a legend that Wei Guozong fought Wuchang three times, the first time was Yang Xiaoshan took him to fight, and the last two times he led his troops to fight. Being able to pry open Wuchang City twice in a row in the mouth of the Xiang army, Wei Jun also showed his extraordinary ability.
But after the Tianjing Incident, he had an unlimited future on his back, as the younger brother of Wei Changhui, the king of the north, although the king of heaven did not punish him, but when others saw him, they would think of the murderous Wei Changhui, it was because of this infighting that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom collapsed.
Wei Jun became more and more insecure in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Heavenly King overturned the case to Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, but Wei Changhui's hat of the traitor was not taken off. There has always been a voice in the kingdom of heaven that the old department of the East King wants to taste blood debts and blood and destroy the old department of Wei, but this voice has always been suppressed by Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng. They shouted loudly: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can no longer kill each other, and if it is liquidated like this, how many more people will be killed.
Although with the support of Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng, the Heavenly King then also gave him the position of the chief general of the Right Army, but Wei Jun still felt the change in the Heavenly King's attitude towards him, and the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing restored his reputation, and Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng were crowned kings, which was also okay. But then more and more people were crowned kings, and even the backward Wu Ruxiao and Lai Wenguang were crowned kings, and he, the commander of the right army, was still in his original position.
No matter who it is, when encountering such a thing, there will always be a psychological gap, although Wei Jun is not happy, he can still bear it.
But when Yang Fuqing returned to Heaven from Shi Dakai's side, the situation changed again, Yang Fuqing was angry about the death of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, and was extremely disrespectful and unfriendly to Wei Jun, always looking for him to make a small report.
Wei Jun was originally stationed in Chizhou, but was attacked by Bao Chao, a fierce general of the Hunan army, and Yang Fuqing did not cooperate with him, resulting in the loss of Chizhou. He had no base, and Yang Fuqing was named the queen of Fuqing, and he even openly dug into his own corner, wanting to eat his own team.
Wei Jun was even more depressed and angry in his heart, and his own soldiers couldn't see it and shouted that they wanted to learn from Shi Dakai and run away to do it alone, but Wei Jun had always been thinking about Yang Xiaoshan's words in his heart, and let him endure it again, not to mention that Yang Xiaoshan was now the king of the east, as long as he came back to preside over the overall situation, the situation would change.
Chizhou is located in the southwest of Anhui, the city is small and barren, Zeng Guofan did not pay much attention to here, after taking Luzhou, he gathered men and horses to besiege Tianjing. At this time, Chizhou was only a partial division of the Hunan army.
Wei Jun didn't want to go to Jiangnan to live under the fence and look up to people, so he led the team to the outside of Chizhou again, ready to rebuild this small city. What you lose, you have to get back.
In order to reduce the losses of his troops, Wei Jun decided to launch a night attack and capture Chizhou.
On the fourth watch, he couldn't see his five fingers, and Wei Jun led the team to launch a surprise attack as soon as they arrived at the city of Chizhou.
The night wind is very cold, even Wei Jun's clothes are very thin now, and now the Taiping Army is too short of supplies, and everything is lacking, and everyone relies on a breath of courage to stand up to it so that it does not collapse.
"We must take Chizhou City, the last grain and grass have been eaten, and now the landlords in Anhui have no surplus grain, and only by laying Chizhou can we get supplies." Wei Jun shrunk his frozen hand into his sleeve to warm and soothe, although he had fought a lot of battles, but this time it was a battle with no way out, his heart was pounding, and he watched nervously the movements of the Qing army in the city tower.
"Pass my order, all artillery will concentrate on attacking the south gate, and the shells will be fought to the death until they run out." Wei Jun is fighting against the water, and he is trading this hammer.
The cannonballs of the Taiping army exploded at the south gate of Chizhou, and the flames were everywhere, but unfortunately the luck was too bad, although the momentum caused was great, but the damage caused was too small, the door did not hit, and the city wall did not collapse, and the loss was great.
Wei Jun couldn't wait anymore, this cannon didn't work, so he could only fill it with people.
"All the brothers rush with me!" The trumpets and war drums of the Taiping army rang out in unison.
Three hundred steps, two hundred stepsγγγγγγ Having already seen the city wall, the Taiping army set up a ladder and rushed forward with torches held high.
"Wei Guozong, this situation is not right, there seems to be no clear demon in this Chizhou!" A general from the front came over to report.
Wei Jun was stunned, "Brothers, hurry down, don't fall for the tricks of the Qing Demon." Wei Jun hurriedly instructed, if something is abnormal, there must be something strange, Wei Jun is still very cautious.
But when the Taiping army rushed up to the city tower and opened the city gate, there was still no Qing demon appeared, and the Taiping army finally cheered, it was really an empty city, a completely defenseless city.
The second monk Wei Junzhang was puzzled, "It's really strange, since the Hunan army counterattacked Anhui, there has never been such an easy battle." β
It wasn't until he led the troops into the Chizhou Yamen that he saw Yang Xiaoshan standing in the lobby and finally understood, and he was not surprised in everything.
"Brother, we're meeting again." Yang Xiaoshan turned to look at Wei Jun.
"East King!" Wei Jun seemed to see his relatives who had been thinking about him for a long time, and immediately burst into tears.