Since the date of the Taiping army's siege of Nanchang, the Qing court has been dispatching troops to rescue Nanchang every day, and there have been Jiangxi near Fuzhou Ma Jimei and others, and the besieging Taiping army is not a hundred battles, repeatedly defeated and aided the enemy. There were no strong troops in Jiangxi, and Jiang Zhongyuan had to transfer Chu Yong under his command to Jiangxi.

Originally, Chu Yong was run by Jiang Zhongyuan, and his younger brothers Jiang Zhongjun, Jiang Zhongji, Jiang Zhongshu, cousins Jiang Zhongxin and Jiang Zhongyi, and in-laws Liu Changyou and Liu Kunyi were all generals in the army. At this time, Zeng Guofan, who had the grace of knowing Jiang Zhongyuan, had not yet formed an army, and only more than 2,000 Chu Yong led by his younger brother Jiang Zhongshu and Liu Changyou in Hunan were transferred by Jiang Zhongyuan. Liu Changyou came from Liling, Hunan through Yuanzhou, and Jiang Zhongshu passed through Liuyang and entered Ruizhou, and the two met in Shanggao.

Liu Changyou and Jiang Zhongshu discussed, the Taiping army had broken Gao'an, and if Chu Yong wanted to enter Nanchang, he could only attack Rui'an Mansion first.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, Liu Changyou and Jiang Zhongshu led 2,000 Chu Yong and more than 1,000 people from Xinchang and Shanggao counties to set off along the Jinjiang River to Gao'an downstream. The Taiping Army, which had received information in advance, led by Zeng Tianyang and Shi Zhenlun, Wei Yide and other commanders, led by Shi Zhenlun, Wei Yide and other commanders, with a total of more than 4,000 people in the Second Army and the Second Army on the Right Command. And the other Shizhen often guards Gao'an City with Wei Yilin.

At about noon, the Taiping army entered the gray port thirty miles southwest of Gao'an, and at this time the Qing army had set up a position on a mound outside the port, and the Taiping army quickly entered the battlefield and occupied a village that confronted the Qing army's position.

"How many demons are there?" Zeng Tianyang asked left and right.

"There are about 3,500 people in the Qing Demon, and there are two handsome flags of 'Jiang' and 'Liu' in the array, and they are guessed to be the brothers of Liu Changyou and Jiang Zhongyuan, the head of the Qing Demon, and this time they came to Jiangxi to rescue their brothers!" Wang Jingyuan was in charge of the investigation, and after the investigation was clear, he reported it.

"Brother Jiang Zhongyuan? That is the elite team training that should be practiced by him! Although Zeng Tianyang was surprised that Wang Jingyuan directly guessed that it was Jiang Zhongshu, he agreed with his view.

"According to the report, the north side of the demon array is dressed in messy clothes, and the south side is all dressed in green camps, and I think that the Qing Demon on the north wing is a nearby group training collected by Jiang Zhongshu, and the south wing should be the elite 'Chu Yong' trained by Jiang Zhongyuan!" Wang Jingyuan analyzed.

"Chu Yong! It is indeed an elite, and our Heavenly Army has fought against it many times when it was in Guangxi, and it is a hundred times more difficult to deal with than the Eight Banners of the Green Battalion. Zeng Tianyang frowned slightly, but in an instant, he appreciated: "Huang Jian Jun, before the battle is known, the enemy situation is known, it is the general's doing!" ”

"My lord praises me falsely, and I am loyal to the kingdom of heaven!" Under Zeng Tianyang's appreciative gaze, Wang Jingyuan felt a kind of fluttering.

"So how about taking your ministry as the vanguard?" Zeng Tianyang asked with a smile and a deliberative tone.

"......Well, Wang Jingyuan admitted that Zeng Tianyang was a kind old man and a respectable boss, but he didn't expect to give him a Chu Yong strong force in the first battle under his hands.

"At that time, this inspection point will personally lead the charge of the team!"

Since everything is said to this point, Wang Jingyuan does not dare to save his old man's face.

"Zhenlun Guozong, you lead the second army to act when the opportunity arises, and if necessary, form a pincer attack with the right Eighth Army."

"Humble command!" Zeng Tianyang is a senior, and Shi Zhenlun does not dare to pull out his beard.

The first to charge was Lu Yaoling, when this old man who was over half a hundred years old first saw Zeng Tianyang, he bowed and worshipped, and often boasted that Zeng Tianyang was the second. And Zeng Tianyang was also amazed by this young general who was slightly younger than himself and had repeatedly made military exploits, and he had a great feeling of hating each other.

The first wave of attacks did not lead to an all-out counterattack by Jiang Zhongshu's troops, but sent the townships of Yuanzhou and Ruizhou to be cannon fodder.

"Kill, kill the one with the hat, that's the battalion officer!" Wang Haiyang, the commander of the rear brigade of the middle battalion, shouted. It was the first time he had participated in such a thousand-man battle, and it was not at all like a one-on-one fight when robbing the rich and giving to the poor. In real history, he did join the Taiping Army in Hezhou, a few months later, and his general was Shi Zhenji, who succeeded the garrison of Yuxikou, but Shi Zhenji was not as generous as Wang Jingyuan, and only let him be a soldier.

Facts have proved that Wang Haiyang really lived up to expectations, and soon killed the Qing Demon Battalion Officer with his own hands, and suddenly the Taiping Army was greatly strengthened, and under his leadership, the enemy was slaughtered. Liu Changyou, who was on the slope in the distance, saw that the Taiping army was slaughtering the Qing army like wheat, so he was no longer calm, and did not hesitate to order the whole army to attack.

"Shi Guozong, I'll deal with Liu Demon Head, and I'll hand it over to you with the Demon Head surnamed Zuo Yijiang!" As soon as Zeng Tianyang saw the whole army of the Qing Demon attacking, he immediately rode his horse and shouted: "Brothers, rush!" After speaking, he rushed straight to the Chu Yong team of Liu Changyou's department.

Leading the generals to take the lead, isn't this a common scene in movies? Could it be that Zeng Tianyang regarded this as a European and American blockbuster with personal heroism!

"Brothers, rush! Yuan Heizi! You take the whole army to support Old Man Lu! I'll follow the inspection of your lord! Wang Jingyuan no longer hesitated, and while giving an order, he rode a horse to chase after Zeng Tianyang's team.

"Order! Blind, Lao Liu follow me! Yuan Hongmo immediately added to Lu Yaoling's attack array.

"Kill!" Zeng Tianyang rushed into the battle from the flank with an earth-shattering roar, a spear stabbing forward and back, and flying in the enemy formation.

Wang Jingyuan did not catch up with Zeng Tianyang, but soon encountered the disjointed inspector lieutenant. There were 200 lieutenants at the inspection point, but at the beginning of this heavenly kingdom, there was a serious shortage of horses, and there were only fifty or sixty horses in the Right Eighth Army, and less than half of Zeng Tianyang's headquarters had horses!

"All inspectors and supervisors keep in formation, come with me!" Wang Jingyuan quickly led this team of 200 people to attack the flank of the Qing army.

Liu Changyou was born in Bagong, proficient in the art of war and strategy, and his department has been in danger for a long time but does not mess up, Zeng Tianyang's flank assault did play a considerable destructive role. However, due to the small number of cavalry and the large number of Qing soldiers, Yuan Hongmo and Lu Yaoling could not break through the flank of the Xiangyong cannon fodder, but instead put Zeng Tian's horse raising team in danger of falling into a heavy siege.

Although the situation was not favorable to Zeng Tianyang, he did not have the slightest fear, and still clashed left and right, trying his best to lead the horse team to attack the formation. The Qing army held back the opposing infantry on the one hand, and besieged the advancing horse team on the other.

"Kill! Break through the demons and join the checkpoints! "Wang Jingyuan appeared on the flank battlefield at the right time.

"Huang Jingyuan, come here! Tear through the array of demons with me! Zeng Tianyang was overjoyed.

"Yes!" After the words fell, Wang Jingyuan raised his sword and slashed at a Qing soldier who tried to shoot him.

Lieutenants at all levels in the Taiping Army are the guards of generals at all levels, and they are often the elite of the elite, and Wang Jingyuan even gathered the idle post commanders of the Right Eighth Army who have made military exploits in the right Eighth Army, and the martial courage of these people is not comparable to that of ordinary pawns. Therefore, the captain team composed of soldiers in the army quickly rushed into the enemy formation and merged with Zeng Tian's horse raising team to form a powerful combat force.

After a while, there was a decline in the Qing army, first Yuan Zhou Xiangyong was defeated by Yuan Hongmo and Lu Yaoling, and took advantage of the situation to advance rapidly, and joined Zeng Tianyang and Wang Jingyuan in one fell swoop. Then Liu Changyou's troops couldn't resist and retreated one after another, and the battle turned into a one-sided massacre. The Qing army cried and fled, and the few who could not escape surrendered on their knees.

Soon the left flank Shi Zhenlun also won the battle, and Jiang Zhongshu's troops were smaller in number, inferior to the rear second army, and did not fight to the death.

"My lord, I beg you not to participate in the charge again!" After the war, Wang Jingyuan said to Zeng Tianyang very seriously.

"This ...... This inspection point has always taken the lead, living and dying with your brothers, what do you mean? Zeng Tianyang was a little surprised.

"I think that as the commander of an army, you should make overall arrangements, and you must not take risks, once there is a case, it will bring a devastating blow to the whole army." Wang Jingyuan said his truth.

"Oh, Huang Jianjun doesn't have to worry, this inspection point has fought for thousands of miles, and he has never been injured! With the blessing of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother, he can't hurt me even if he is a demon! Zeng Tianyang said with a smile.

What a reason for this! Deeply poisoned by Sect Master Hong! Let's just reason with him again, and I'm going to meet with Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother!

As a matter of fact, in the real battle between the two armies, there are very few or even almost no commanders who personally go into battle, and the battlefield is changing rapidly, and what the commander-in-chief has to do is to grasp the overall situation, rather than risk himself. It is precisely on the basis of this consideration that after Wang Jingyuan was promoted to military commander, he gradually faded out of the front-line battlefield and paid more attention to the overall planning and strategic decision-making of the whole army.

However, Zeng Tianyang doesn't think so, he doesn't know much, but people love to listen to stories, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" have heard hundreds of times, often Guan Erye takes the head of Yan Liangwen and Chou in the army, Lao Huang Zhongdingjun Mountain Formation beheaded Xiahou Yuan hangs on the side of his mouth, Zeng Tianyang is one of the five tiger generals of the Heavenly Kingdom, and he is naturally compared to the ancients. But after all, the story of romance is sung, how can it be taken seriously!

At the beginning of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising, Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui were born recklessly and were able to charge into battle. The military system of the Heavenly Kingdom was made by Feng Yunshan with reference to Zhou Li, Feng Yunshan had never experienced the army, and was mostly mixed with personal speculation, and actually came up with an unprecedented system of the military division responsibility system, and what is even more strange is that the princes of the Heavenly Dynasty are all brothers who are righteous! And the generals of the army like to fight alone, among the five tiger generals, Zeng Tianyang thorn Taqibu died without hitting, Shi Xiangzhen singled out Zhang Guoliang and died by a plot, it is not a pity that the five tiger generals died in battle like this. Liu Bei lost Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the power of Shu Han declined.

In the first battle of Ruizhou, Liu Changyou and Jiang Zhongshu's 3,000 troops only had 1,000 remnants and retreated to Xinchang, while the Taiping Army's second and right 8th armies were only injured by 3 or 400 people, which was a great victory. The Taiping army did not take advantage of the situation to attack Xinchang, but stationed in Gray Port to prevent the Chu army from coming again.

On the other hand, the officials at all levels who raised the division with Zeng Tian also hurried to raise materials, grain warehouses were opened in various places, and the rich gentry were also required to levy a certain amount of grain and grass, and there was no lack of forced robbery. In this troubled era, the Taiping army did not have a reasonable tax system, and there was no way to gather grain in the fields, so they naturally thought that they would mainly collect taxes and buy a little.