19. Hiding from the sky and crossing the sea (2)
The sky is bright, the spring river is full of fog, although the line of sight is not good, but the movement of Li Xiucheng's troops in the north of the river, the sailors in the south still see it clearly, since the sailors of the Hunan army burned all the sailors of the Taiping army at the mouth of the lake, the Yangtze River is now the world of the Hunan army, so a few boats are still provocatively close to the north bank, and there are a few cold arrows shot at Li Xiucheng's camp, or loudly laugh at Li Xiucheng for not having the courage to cross the river.
Zeng Guoquan rode a horse in the east of Wuhu County with a pair of cavalry to patrol, recently from Moling Pass to bypass the scattered Taiping army of Dangtu killed a lot of themselves, but unfortunately there is no oil and water, Zeng Guoquan shook his head regretfully, only to capture this Wuhu County, it is said that the property obtained by Shi Dakaixi is in this Wuhu County, Zeng Guoquan's heart is hot, I can't wait to ride a horse into Wuhu County at this time, first attack the treasury and slowly select it.
Zeng Guoquan casually drove his horse to the east, and the cavalry behind him formed a fan shape to search around, and the soldiers came to report, but they didn't find any rebellion near the left, Zeng Guoquan nodded, do you want to continue to look in the northeast direction?
While he was thinking, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and the soldiers drew their knives and shouted: "The whole army is on alert!" The cavalry turned their horses and waited in the direction of Wuhu County.
"What's the panic, this direction must have been sent by the marshal." Zeng Guoquan scolded with a smile, "What a fuss! ”
In the fog ahead, there was a scout wearing a gray uniform, and everyone was relieved, but the news of the scout's announcement made Zeng Guoquan's heart block his throat.
"Nine adults!" Zeng Guoquan Xingjiu. The veterans brought out from the Xiangjiang River are all called Zeng Guoquan, "Li Xiucheng suddenly led a large army to cross the river from Wuwei County, and at this time he was quietly surrounding the big camp of the big handsome, and the big handsome ordered the small one to call the nine people to return to the camp quickly!" ”
"What a deception!" Zeng Guofan heard the sound of fighting outside in the tent of the handsome, and smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect Li Xiucheng to be so proficient in the art of war, first erected a big banner in Jiangbei, but he led a large army to cross the river upstream without soldiers, and quietly came to attack my main tent, wanting to take the head of the general in the million army?" Hehe, it's not that easy! Zeng Guofan put on the soft armor that his own soldiers had brought up. Commanding with solemnity. "Command the sailor, bombard Li Xiucheng's artillery against his mother!"
"Wow!"
"Tell Lao Jiu to come back, I want to see it, it's Lao Jiu who is tough. It's still this Li Xiucheng is amazing! ”
Zeng Guofan picked up the sword. Get out of the tent. At this time, Chen Yucheng in Wuhu County must not be attacked!
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Chen Yucheng saw the commotion of the Hunan army camp on the jade rock in front of the wall, nodded, and nodded thoughtfully in the rain of arrows besieging the city. After a while, he turned around and said: "It must be Prime Minister Li Cheng, left and right, open the city gate, fight out with me, and kill Zeng Guofan with Prime Minister Li, Lao Tzu has to settle with him, a Hunan Yankee, in this Wuhu County!" ”
"Yes! But if it was Zeng Guofan's plan to lure the enemy......"
"It must be okay, if it is Zeng Guofan's plan to lure the enemy, there will definitely be no Qing demons outside Wuhu City to attack us at this time, I wish we would go out of the city to sneak attack, it can be seen that they definitely don't want us to go out of the city at this time!"
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Li Xiucheng immediately used clairvoyance to see the posture of the Qing army camp, although he was a little flustered, after all, he still stabilized his position and organized a counterattack, Li Xiucheng was a little regretful, if he started to rush, he would scatter the Chinese army, then this battle would be easy to fight, Zeng Guofan, a scholar, really has a hand in training, and now he is in a stalemate here, it seems that he is waiting for Chen Yucheng to seize the opportunity and counterattack in one fell swoop.
The rumbling cannon began on the left side, and the scout ran to say: "Prime Minister, the Qing Demon Sailor has begun to fire cannons!" ”
"Let him send it," Li Xiucheng put down his clairvoyance, "I deliberately picked such a foggy day, just to prevent the Qing demon's artillery, and now this fog is filled, see what the demon can hit." ”
"The prime minister is wise!"
"Add more strength and rush into the Chinese army, and the prime minister will be rewarded!"
"Yes!"
The edge of the jade rock was in full swing, Zeng Guohua and Li Xubin outside Wuhu County also gave orders, and personally stood outside Wuhu City to command the attack, Li Xubin heard the shouting and killing and artillery behind him, a little bad, and said to Zeng Guohua: "Old Zeng, what's going on next?" Could it be that a rebellion has struck? ”
"The situation is a little bad, but the marshal still tells us to fight hard to attack the city, presumably there is no hindrance, and it is only right for us to go all out to capture Wuhu County here!"
At this time, a drum beat on the wall of Wuhu County was knocked urgently, the rain of arrows on the city seemed to pour down without money, and the offensive of the Qing army was blocked, at this time, the city gate of Wuhu County babbled open, and there was a torrent of red steel inside, and the Taiping army in the city shouted in unison, as if to cheer for the people who went out of the city, the Taiping army out of the city unfolded a yellow flag, and there was a "Chen" word on it! The leader of the general has two black moles under his eyes, as if he has four eyes, and the men and horses are one, like a god, galloping in front of the Qing army like an arrow!
…… Zeng Guoquan's cavalry galloped back to the old camp, and when he saw the battle in front of the battle, as if he had seen a rare treasure, he rubbed his hands with red eyes and shouted: "Children, the time has come to make meritorious contributions!" Rush it all for me! With that, he slapped his horse from his crotch, and the cavalry rushed into the layers of morning mist.
At this time, it was eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the fog began to slowly dissipate, and the two confrontations on the riverside were still fighting, if Chen Yucheng exterminated Zeng Guohua and Li Xubin who were besieging Wuhu County before the fog disappeared, and the east and west were attacked, Zeng Guofan would definitely be defeated; If the fog clears, and the sailors on the river aim at the army artillery of the Taiping Army, this is the defeat of Li Xiucheng, and Chen Yucheng is powerless even if he is brave, and he can't say that he will trap himself under Wuhu City!
Zeng Guofan longed for the banana fan of the princess of the iron fan, and with a slight wave, he could wave away the damn fog by the river, so he only looked at the air and sweated profusely.
"Report! Handsome! A soldier who was staring at Wuhu County ran to him with a frightened face, "Lord Li was killed by the four-eyed dog, Lord Zeng was cut off his horse, I don't know if he is alive or dead, the brothers over there have been defeated!" ”
It seems that the destiny is like this, Zeng Guofan closed his eyes with a bitter face, and after a while, he opened his eyes and said firmly: "Withdraw immediately!" Look at the Jiangbei retreat! Let's get on the sailor's boat! Tell Lao Jiu to retreat! "Now it can only be a strong man who has broken his wrist.
"Now this Li Xiucheng can't take us! Stand out! Zeng Guoquan heard the order announced by the scouts and cursed.
"General Anqing and Wannan Daotai have been killed, and the four-eyed dog has already copied our back road!"
"What a four-eyed dog!" Zeng Guoquan almost crushed his silver teeth, and his liver and gallbladder were cracked, "My old nine and you don't share the sky!" Let's go, let's withdraw! ”
"Wow!" (To be continued......)
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