"Brother Lin! Brother Lin! Why did you still fall for the demon soldiers' plots? Why was he still killed by the demon soldiers? I reminded you a long time ago that you have to guard against his cold gun when fighting with the Transcendence Demon, why don't you listen? Just don't listen?! ”

"Beyond the little demon, I swear to you and I will not be compatible! If I don't take revenge, I, Li Kaifang, swear not to be a human ——! ”

After receiving the bad news of Lin Fengxiang's death and the loss of Anqing, Li Kaifang, who had just been named King Jing and was building the fourth line of defense for the Taiping army in Taiping Mansion, cried and fainted on the spot, and once again swore to avenge his good brother Lin Fengxiang.

Huang Deyong, Huang Chongfa and Chen Guanyi, who were personally named and assigned to Li Kaifang by Hong Xiuquan to command, stopped this order, and Huang Deyong persuaded: "King Jing, it's not that we don't want to avenge Prime Minister Lin Cheng, it's that we only have Brother Hong as a sailor in the lower reaches of Anqing, and he has to shoulder the heavy responsibility of transporting grain from Chaohu Lake to supply Tianjing. ”

"Yes, King Jing Chitose, if you say that you are two or three percent sure, we all support you in this decisive battle, but we really don't have the slightest certainty."

Huang Chongfa also said: "The last general has been ordered to guard the east and west Liangshan, and he has seen the situation of the demon soldier and sailor with his own eyes, the last time there were nine fire steamers of the demon soldiers transporting grain, and there are countless large and small warships, and there are more than 40 long dragon boats and tugboats that can only be loaded with a few cannons, how do you tell him to fight with the demon soldiers and sailors?" ”

Fortunately, Li Kaifang is not a person who does not listen to persuasion, and insists when he is impulsive, but after calming down, Li Kaifang, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, still reluctantly nodded, and withdrew the order to mobilize the naval division to fight a decisive battle with the Wu army, so that the last naval division of the Taiping army in the upper reaches of Nanjing continued to hide in the narrow waterway, waiting for the opportunity to attack at the right time.

However, the matter is not over, in order to avenge Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang not only ordered to build the Liangshan defense line, but also sent people to Hukou to contact Shi Dakai, asking Shi Dakai to mobilize troops from all over Anhui to reinforce Taiping Mansion, and strongly recommended that Shi Dakai use the natural danger of Liangshan in the east and west as a position to fight a strategic decisive battle with the Wu army of the Eastern Expedition in Taiping Mansion.

More than a day later, the city of Nanjing, which was not far away, sent Hong Xiuquan's Heavenly King's holy decree, urgently crowned Li Kaifang as the deputy commander of the Western Front, authorized Li Kaifang to control the power of the Taiping army in the cities along the river west of Anqing, and hurriedly handed over the Taiping army in Ningguo, Guangde and other places to Li Kaifang's command. At the same time, Hong Xiuquan also clearly told Li Kaifang that he had gone to order Shi Dakai, and ordered Shi Dakai to reinforce the Taiping Mansion with all his might, and help Li Kaifang and the Wu Army's Eastern Expeditionary Army to fight a decisive battle on the defense line of East and West Liangshan.

Li Kaifang, who also had zero political ability, of course did not know that this was Hong Xiuquan's plan to kill two birds with one stone, while deliberately weakening Shi Dakai's influence in Anhui, and using the Anhui Taiping Army to buy time for the Songjiang Taiping Army to capture Shanghai - as Zuo Zongtang expected, Hong Xiuquan did not consider besieging the city for reinforcements at all, let alone using Shanghai as a bait to set a trap to annihilate the Wu army's naval division, which was the most important on the Yangtze River battlefield.

On the contrary, Li Kaifang was also grateful to Hong Xiuquan for this decision, repeatedly chanting the Heavenly King Shengming, and then went to Lingchizhou, Tongling, Wuwei and Wuhu and other places at the first time, ordering the Taiping army garrisons in these places to hold the city with all their might, delay the pace of the Wu army's advance, and buy time for the Taiping army to gather the main force in the east and west Liangshan battlefields. At the same time, he immediately went to Lingningguo, Guangde, Huizhou and other places, and dispatched the local Taiping army to the north to reinforce the eastern and western Liangshan battlefields.

It was also a coincidence that on the same night, Shi Dakai also sent a special envoy to Dongxiliangshan to get in touch with Li Kaifang, and clearly told Li Kaifang that he had ordered Huang Wenjin to assist the Chizhou Taiping Army to fully defend the Chizhou defense line and buy time for Li Kaifang's side to deploy defenses.

In addition, Shi Dakai also reminded Li Kaifang that Wu Chaoyue still had the option of giving up the land route and only directly entering Shanghai by water, and it would definitely be difficult for the Taiping army reinforcements to arrive at the Taiping Mansion at that time, so Shi Dakai asked Li Kaifang to judge the situation when encountering this situation, and make more use of the fact that the Wu Army's naval division would also turn back to meet the eastward advance of the Lu Division, and give priority to weakening the Wu Army's naval division, which was crucial on the Yangtze River battlefield, as much as possible.

Shi Dakai's decision made Li Kaifang overjoyed, and also made Li Kaifang breathe a sigh of relief, and said to Xie Jinshan, a henchman who had followed him for many years: "Fortunately, the Wing King and I have exactly the same plan, both of which are planning to fight a decisive battle with the demon soldiers in Taiping Mansion." I've always been worried that Tsubashi Yachitose is afraid that I will rob him of his credit, and he is unwilling to fight according to my plan. ”

"The Wing King is eight thousand years old, this is good, and he is not selfish in being a righteous man." Xie Jinshan also praised Shi Dakai, and then asked: "But King Jing, King Yi, he wants us to judge the situation when the demon soldiers only march from the waterway, and make more use of the fact that the demon soldiers and water masters have to come back, what does this sentence mean?" ”

"He should mean two things." Li Kaifang replied: "The first is to tell us that even if we can't stop the demon soldier water division, it doesn't matter, we can wait for the demon soldier water division to come back and then fight with the demon soldier water division to the end, at that time, the demon soldier water division's ammunition consumption will definitely be not small, and it is in a reverse water position, so it will be easier to fight." ”

"The second meaning." Li Kaifang paused for a moment, and then said in a somewhat slow tone: "I hope that we will fight with the demon soldier and water division to the end, and we will try our best to weaken the demon soldier and water division in a desperate way, and then let the wing king take the main force of Luzhou to fight the demon soldier and water division who came back." ”

"Then what are you going to do, King Jing?" Xie Jinshan asked: "Are you desperately trying to cripple our army?" Or do you want to let the demon soldiers and sailors go over first, and then fight with them when the demon soldiers and sailors come back? ”

Everyone has a selfish mentality, and Li Kaifang is no exception, so after Li Kaifang hesitated again and again, he could only hesitate and said: "Let's talk about it then, whether the demon soldiers will do this is still uncertain, and it can't be nerve-wracking so early." ”

As if God deliberately asked Li Kaifang to choose the difficult question of being selfless or prioritizing the preservation of strength, only two days later, when Li Kaifang's unit was still working hard to build the fort on the north bank of Xiliang Mountain, a spaceship from Chizhou suddenly came to report, saying that after leaving only 5,000 troops to guard Anqing, Cao Yanzhong's corps of the Wu army suddenly boarded all the ships, and 1,000 floating boats went eastward. The Taiping army in Chizhou was worried that this was a sign that the Wu army was only advancing directly from the waterway, but it was unable to stop it due to the weak water force, and at the same time, the river was wide and could not build forts and iron cables to intercept it, so they could only defend the city with all their strength and give Li Kaifang an alarm.

"I hope Heavenly Father blesses, the demon soldiers will fight Chizhou, Tongling and Wuwei first, give me a little more time."

Li Kaifang, who also had no way to stop Wu Jun from doing this, had no choice but to hope that Wu Jun would make a choice that was beneficial to his own army. However, only a day later, the Taiping army of Chizhou Prefecture once again sent accurate news by expedited fast boat, saying that the Wu army really chose to bypass Chizhou and not fight, and directly marched east by water.

Even so, Li Kaifang still had illusions, thinking that the Wu army would not fight Chizhou and advance eastward directly, and there was also a possibility that the Wu army found that Huang Wenjin had reinforced Chizhou, and it was difficult to take it and prepare to attack Tongling first. However, the cruel facts quickly shattered Li Kaifang's illusions, and after more than a day, Tongling also sent news, reporting that the Wu army's naval division also did not attack Tongling, and also bypassed Tongling, and directly advanced eastward from the water without any obstruction.

At this point, Li Kaifang also knew that he could only make a painful choice, and hurriedly summoned Huang Deyong, Huang Chongfa and Chen Guanyi to discuss the battle strategy. As a result, what relieved Li Kaifang was that whether it was Huang Deyong sent by Hong Xiuquan from Nanjing, or Huang Chongfa and Chen Guanyi, the original guards in the Taiping Mansion, they all strongly opposed fighting with the Wu Army's naval division to the end now - the reason was that the Taiping Army's eastern and western Liangshan defense lines had not yet been constructed, especially the north bank fort had not yet been completed, and the Taiping Army could not fight even if it fought hard with the Wu Army's naval division.

The subordinates objected, and the conditions for the decisive battle on the battlefield of Liangshan were indeed not yet ripe, and Li Kaifang, whose main force was mainly cavalry, of course made a decision quickly, and said: "Well, since you can't fight hard with the demon soldier and sailor now, let's do it, try to use the fort to kill and injure the demon soldier and sailor, and fight as much as you can, and when the demon soldier and sailor break through the defense line of Liangshan in the east and west, immediately rebuild the fort and erect the barrage cable, and wait for the demon soldier and sailor to come back." ”

The generals sang the promise together, and Li Kaifang also went to the downstream of the book to explain the situation to Ye Yunlai in Zhenjiang and Wu Ruxiao in Jiangyin, explaining that he couldn't stop him if he wanted to, and asked Ye Yunlai and Wu Ruxiao to take on the heavy task of interception. At the same time, he also sent a letter to Hong Xiuquan to explain the reason, so that Hong Xiuquan could be mentally prepared for the Liangshan defense line to be broken through by the Wu army's naval division as soon as possible.

However, even so, Li Kaifang still refused to miss this opportunity to weaken the Wu army, and when it was expected that the Wu army's naval division would inevitably break through from the north shore route, Li Kaifang specially sent an elite cavalry to ambush near Xiliang Mountain, so as to surprise the Wu army when the Wu army's naval division launched a landing operation to seize the north bank battery.

The net was opened, and the Liangshan Fort, which had not yet been fully completed, was immediately ready to meet the battle, but as expected, more than a day later, news also came from the Wuwei Prefecture side, and the news of the Wu Army's naval division advancing directly eastward from the water was also reported. Li Kaifang was no longer surprised when he heard the report, and snorted coldly: "Let the horses go, see how many reinforcements and weapons and ammunition you can send to Shanghai!" How many more ships can be killed from Shanghai back to East and West Liangshan! ”

Estimating the time distance, it was found that the Wu army's naval division might have rushed to Dongxiliang Mountain that night, and Li Kaifang also carefully explained that the army was ready for night battle, and deliberately took a nap at noon, so that he could have the energy to command the battle at night. But just when Li Kaifang was sleeping soundly, his own soldiers suddenly woke him up and said anxiously: "King Jing, Wuhu is urgent, the demon soldiers and sailors have landed in the area of Geji Mountain in the north of Wuhu, as if they are going to attack Wuhu City!" ”

"What's the noise? Isn't it just the landing of demon soldiers, what's so nervous? Call the army ......, what? Wuhu?! ”

Li Kaifang, who was sleeping deeply, didn't react at first, and was a little dissatisfied with being woken up by the pro-soldiers, but after waking up, Li Kaifang immediately jumped up from the bed, grabbed the collar of the pro-soldiers and asked, "What did you say?" Demon soldiers landed in Wuhu?! ”

"Huijing King Chitose, it was the news sent by Chen Panwu and Chen Chengxiang on a fast horse, after the demon soldiers crossed Wuhu, they suddenly landed in the area of Goji Mountain in the north." The soldier timidly replied: "Our defenders in Goji Mountain tried to stop them, but they were bombarded by the gunboats of the Demon Soldier Sailor Division, and suffered heavy casualties. ”

"How can the transcendent little demon fight Wuhu? How is this possible?! ”

Li Kaifang was a little stammered for a while, but after careful consideration, cold sweat gradually oozed from Li Kaifang's forehead, because Li Kaifang had gradually discovered the danger of Wu Jun's move - the straight-line distance between Wuhu and Nanjing is only more than 200 miles, and it is less than 100 miles away from Yuncao Town, the grain center of the Taiping Army in Nanjing, which means that if the Wu Army takes Wuhu City and establishes an advance base, then not only will the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom be threatened at all times, but the hinterland of Anhui, the only stable source of food for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, It is also possible that it will no longer be able to deliver food to the city of Nanjing!

And what's worse is that Lu Port next to Wuhu is still a natural inland harbor, not only can dock a large number of ships, but also can directly berth steam gunboats and sail battleships, if the Wu army takes Wuhu City, not only the Wu army land division can gain a foothold in Wuhu, Wu army naval division can also be stationed in the Wuhu battlefield for a long time, and it is always a threat to the safety of Nanjing!

"Save Wuhu? Or not save? ”

A more difficult choice was suddenly put in front of Li Kaifang, but considering the dangerous consequences of letting the Wu army take Wuhu, even though he knew that fighting with the Wu army in the field battle would be more auspicious, Li Kaifang could only grit his teeth and make up his mind, shouting: "Sound the trumpet, raise the account, and gather the generals to listen to the order!" ”

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