Two days later, the operational plan of the General Staff came out. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Shunde and Zuo Zongtang came to the governor's yamen and reported the battle plan to Feng Yunshan.

Seeing the two of them, Feng Yunshan was almost startled!

Lu Shunde is better, a person who practices martial arts in the rivers and lakes, his body is strong, but his face is a little haggard.

Zuo Zongtang completely subverted his usual appearance: his eyes were bloodshot, and the scarf on the top of his head was also wrapped around his head indiscriminately, revealing the short hair that had grown out not long ago. Zuo Zongtang, who has always dressed meticulously and paid attention to his image, how could this be?

"The Holy King, the left deputy chief of the general staff, and a group of people from the general staff, stayed up for two days and two nights to draw up a battle plan. It's nothing to do with me! Lu Shunde stepped forward to show his credit for Zuo Zongtang.

"Deputy Chief of General Staff Lu has won the award. Without your command, how could a battle plan be drawn up so smoothly? Zuo Zongtang said modestly.

"Don't brag about yourself! Listening to the tone, it seems that you are confident that this king will agree to your plan? Well, how is it a battle plan? Didn't they attack two places and draw up two plans? Feng Yunshan asked strangely.

"Holy King, we have studied it, and the two plans can be combined. You can make a little time difference, it doesn't take long, and you can also take advantage of the concentration of firearms! And this battle plan is actually quite simple, but there is a problem that once the Qing soldiers escape and hide in the mountains, it will be troublesome! Zuo Zongtang put the problem out first.

"Escape? This king is afraid that they will not flee, as long as they escape, the Qing demon soldiers will be cut off from food, this is in the hinterland of our forces, as long as our army holds around, within a month, those Qing soldiers will flee in all directions! But don't worry about this. Feng Yunshan smiled: "Let's take a look at the first plan of your General Staff!" ”

After taking the battle plan, Feng Yunshan was stunned.

"Marching from the sea, the sailor drove the warship to escort the way, and the troops were directly pulled out of the Qing Demon Mansion City? Well, that's good, and the king almost forgot that there were four captured warships and a steam-armed merchant ship parked on Cheung Chau Island. Feng Yunshan began to be a little interested in this battle plan.

Originally, according to his plan, he used the ships of the naval division to transport grain and artillery along the coast and capture prefectures along the way.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Zongtang and Lu Shunde's battle plan was much bolder than him.

Zuo Zongtang consulted the map and found that the several prefectures and cities to be captured, except for the two prefecture capitals of Gaozhou Prefecture and Jiaying Prefecture, which were not located on the seaside, the rest of the prefecture capitals were all at the mouth of the seaside river, and most of them were warships that could drive directly to the edge of the city and bombard the city. Therefore, a bold plan was to use ships to quickly transport the soldiers to surround the Qing army's city, and then use the power of the guns on the warships to forcibly blast open the city walls.

Unexpectedly, this newly established army of captives could use strong ships and cannons to forcibly blast open the Manchu Qing city like the foreigners!

The battle plan for the western region was that the 5th Division of the Navy Division and five warships of foreigners would take the lead, followed by nearly 100 Red Single warships, followed by more than 400 large and small ships to transport soldiers, food, artillery, and supplies, and the two main divisions of the 1st Division and the 8th Division would set out by boat.

However, the battle plan of the General Staff is very detailed, and it is no wonder that such a tactical battle plan, no matter how simple, has to stay up for two days and two nights!

Gaozhou Town, under the jurisdiction of the Admiral of the Guangdong Land Route alone, has 8 battalions of green battalions and nearly 5,000 people, all of whom are stationed in the area around Gaozhou City. There is also Qiongzhou Town, which has 5 battalions of green battalions and nearly 4,000 people, stationed in Qiongzhou Mansion, half of which is in Fucheng.

In addition, on the planned march and combat route, a big black dot was marked at the location of Yangjiang City, which read, "The Yangjiang Naval Division originally had more than 7,000 people, but the actual number is 4,000." ”

Seeing this, Feng Yunshan asked, "There are actually 4,000 people in this Yangjiang Town Qing Demon Water Master, how did you find out?" ”

"The information I asked from the foreigner in the General Staff said that the British fleet on Hong Kong Island had a good grasp of the deployment of troops in the Manchurian Division along the coast." Zuo Zongtang replied.

This foreigner is really, a wolf's ambition. Feng Yunshan didn't say anything and continued to look down.

Use warships all the way to conquer Yangjiang Naval Division and Yangjiang City, Dianbai, Wuchuan, Leizhou City, Qiongzhou City, as for Huazhou, Gaozhou City and other places on the Jianjiang River, it may be difficult for large warships to enter the upper reaches of the river, but steam armed merchant ships and wooden sailing gunboats with low tonnage should be able to enter, and they can also directly bombard the city, plus the artillery on the transport ship, it is easy to break through the city wall, and then use the range and firepower advantage of the foreigners' muskets, it is not difficult to break the city.

The battle plan even calculated how many medium-caliber guns it would take, how long it would take to open fire, and how many shells it would take to collapse the walls.

How long and about to capture Yangjiang, and then where it will appear on which day, how much food will be consumed, where to replenish on the way, and so on, all these have been taken into account, and they have also been calculated.

Seeing this, Feng Yunshan nodded, it was not bad. The battle plan of the West District should be considered almost, but further back, I found a line of eye-catching typing: "Attack the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top!" It is advisable to persuade to surrender! ”

"Oh, Ji Gao, this is your suggestion, right?" Feng Yunshan asked.

"The Holy King is wise!"

"Tell me why, why do you suggest that you should be persuaded to surrender? Is it big? Feng Yunshan hadn't thought about going over to persuade the state capital to surrender. The generals of the Qing army who surrendered to him were either captured or cornered.

"Holy King, the persuasion that Zong Tang said is based on the first capture of this Qiongzhou Mansion." Zuo Zongtang took the map and spread it out, pointed to the location of Hainan Island, and said: "Holy King, please see, this Leizhou Mansion and Gaozhou Mansion, the east, north, and west are all occupied by my captive army, except for this Qiongzhou Mansion can still echo it, it is already isolated, but an enclave." If our army changes its marching route, captures Qiongzhou Mansion first, and then sends warships to the city, Leizhou Mansion and Gaozhou Mansion will inevitably panic! ”

"At this time, if the Holy King can write a letter of pardon in his own handwriting, promising not to pursue or kill the officials and soldiers at all levels of the Qing Demon in the city, Zong Tang will dare to go to Leizhou City, and have the confidence to persuade the Qing Demon in Leizhou City to surrender." Zuo Zongtang said confidently.

"This is still too dangerous! Ji Gao, you are the right-hand man of this king, and this king doesn't want you to be in any danger. When the time comes, write a letter of persuasion in advance, and find a Qing demon captive to bring into the city! Feng Yunshan said solemnly.

Seeing Feng Yunshan say this, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but be moved. I also reacted in an instant, and I was overjoyed, because the meaning of the Holy King was to agree with his strategy of attacking Qiongzhou Mansion first and then persuading him to surrender.

identifies with himself, and cares more about himself than about himself. Thinking about it, one of his own suggestions can decide whether to stay in a state capital, and Zuo Zongtang has a huge sense of achievement.

After reading the battle plan of the Western District, Feng Yunshan turned another page and looked at the battle plan of the Eastern Region behind.

I saw that the plan reads:

The main Qing soldiers in the eastern area are the green battalion Chaozhou Town, with a total of 10 battalions and 6,000 people under the jurisdiction of 1 standard and 1 association, and the total army is stationed in Chaozhou; There are 2,000 Nanxiong Associations in Nanxiong Prefecture and more than 1,000 troops in Jiaying Prefecture.

the second is the Manchu Qing Navy, which is more than 1,000 people from the 2nd Battalion of the Dapeng Association; The general army of Jieshi Town is stationed in Jieshi, with 1 standard and 4 battalions and 3,000 people; The general army of Nanao Town is stationed in Nanao, with jurisdiction over 1 standard (the left battalion is subordinate to Fujian, and the right battalion is subordinate to Guangdong), 1 association, and 5 battalions, with 3,500 people; There are also nearly 2,000 people led by Wu Yuanyou, the commander of the naval division who fled to Jieshi after the last battle of Humen Fort.

I can't imagine that there are so many Qing soldiers in this Guangdong! However, the more this is said, it means that the richer these places are, and so many Qing soldiers will be sent to guard them.

The operational steps in the eastern sector were as follows: After the 5th Division had conquered the western sector with warships and other fleets, it would turn back to Shajiao, where it would unload its trophies and the 8th Division, and replace them with the 3rd and 5th Divisions of the 1st and 5th Divisions, which had been waiting in advance.

Because it had to pass through the waters of Hong Kong Island, the Holy King had to send a note to the Governor of Hong Kong Island in advance.

The General Staff has investigated that Li Zhide, the chief general of the Dapeng Association, is the father of Li Jianwei, a young talent recruited by the Holy King, and Li Jianwei has written a letter to persuade his father Li Zhide to surrender before he went to Europe.

Therefore, with the use of his sailors' ships, he could equip the 5th Division.

Put down the first division and the third division in advance to destroy the water village of Jieshi City, and the two water divisions besieged the general army of Jieshi Town and the commander of the water division Wu Yuanyou at the same time.

Nanao Town is an isolated island, the water village on the edge of the island and the Changshanwei Fort on the island and the Chenghai Dalaiwu Fort on the other bank are a pair of "sister forts" relying on each other and defending strongly.

However, its supplies and food are all transported by ships, and sailors can be used to besiege the water village on Nanao Island and block its transportation ships.

The sailor raised the front line to the mouth of the Rongjiang River, conquered Jieyang City, landed here with the first division and the third division, and conquered the Chaozhou capital city sixty miles northeast by itself. Further north, conquer Jiaying Prefecture and Nanxiong Prefecture, and by the way, sweep the entire territory of Northeast Guangxi.

Then, the naval division besieged and blocked Nanao Island, and used the range of the foreigners' warships and artillery to slowly bombard the Qing warships and lead them out of the Zhai Naval Battle.

There are also many details of the operation, such as how the soldiers quickly landed and marched.

Seeing this, Feng Yunshan nodded with satisfaction and said, "The plan is very detailed, and I have worked hard!" ”

Zuo Zongtang was praised by the Holy King, and he was overjoyed. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Holy King, Zong Tang has a doubt. Why did the Holy King only capture the territory of Guangdong, and no longer attack Zhangzhou and Quanzhou Mansions? Fujian is the main tea producing area, according to Zongtang's understanding, since our army occupied Guangzhou, the tea merchants were afraid of us, and most of Fujian's tea was sold to foreigners through Xiamen and Shanghi, resulting in a great reduction in the supply of tea in Guangzhou. If you control Fujian, you can monopolize the tea business with foreigners, which is a huge wealth. ”

Feng Yunshan thought about it, yes, the current transactions with foreigners mainly rely on raw silk, tea and porcelain. Most of the raw silk has been transferred to Shanghi, and if this tea does not come to Guangzhou again, I am afraid that Guangzhou's tax revenue will be greatly reduced. I only considered the capture of Liangguang, which was really bound by the division of provinces in later generations.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan said to Zuo Zongtang and Lu Shunde: "Let's adopt this battle plan first and occupy the entire territory of Guangdong." As for Fujian, this king has an idea, well, you should write a battle plan first, and then talk to you. ”

As soon as they heard that the Holy King really had the idea of occupying Fujian again, Lu Shunde and Zuo Zongtang were shocked! (To be continued.) )