On the first day of the fifth month of the next day, Hu Yihuang, the prime minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, led reinforcements to arrive by water, and met with Lai Hanying's army on the Dangtu River. Hu Yihuang respected Lai Hanying, and naturally became the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, and after the two prime ministers met, they ordered all the departments to open on the same day and quickly go west to Anqing. Only the Jinliu General System Ying guarded the Taiping Mansion and Dongliang Mountain, and the Jinba General System Zuo Chongji crossed the river to seize Xiliang Mountain and other important places, and guarded the Yangtze River waterway in the north and south.

Zuo Chongji was not in a hurry to attack the city, but was stationed on Caoguzhou in the heart of the river. This continent was formed in the Ming Dynasty, just at the mouth of the Yuxi River, and the Qing camp on the opposite bank of the river confronted. Although the Taiping army was stationed in Jiangzhong, he was not idle, but sent a sentinel in the army - Tail Pai. The so-called tail card is the old and weak in the Taiping army, although it is not good to fight, but they are easier to blend into the enemy than the young and strong, and they are often good sentinels. Most of the generals of the Taiping Army were born recklessly, and those who relied on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" to fight wars were more than those who read military books.

Sure enough, Song'an, who thought he was well-prepared, ignored a few old Hanako. In less than half a day, the top brass of the Right Eighth Army had a detailed grasp of the Qing army's defensive line. Song'an, Li Dengzhou, and Pan Xien were stationed in the camp of Xiliangshan, and only some township warriors practiced in Yuxikou.

"Brothers, Yuxikou up to Luzhou, is a key place for water transportation, the Qing army is assembled in Xiliang Mountain, we can take advantage of its unpreparedness and take this place!" The big tent of the Eighth Army on the right, Zuo Chongji, as the main general, still has two brushes.

And Wang Jingyuan had the impression that this person would soon follow Hu Yihuang into Luzhou. Hu Yihuang won several battles in Anqing and Luzhou, forcing Lu Xianji, the chief general of the Qing army, and Jiang Zhongyuan, the governor of Anhui, the sworn enemy of the Taiping army, to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river one after another, and even the later commander of the Huai army, Li ...... He! Thinking of this Li, Wang Jingyuan was suddenly startled, when he came to the late Qing Dynasty, how could he ignore this Hefei Li Er! "Prime Minister Hefei is thin in the world...... No, he is only about thirty years old now, in the prime of life, and he is still a bookmaker of the Hanlin Academy.

I still remember that on the related TV series, when the Taiping Army broke Anqing and went down to Jiangning, this Li Shujiang hurriedly asked Xianfeng Lao'er to return to his hometown to run a group practice, and he was afraid that the official quality was not enough, so he asked Lu Xianji to sign it. Someone came to show his loyalty, and Emperor Xianfeng was not hypocritical, so he asked Lu Shilang to take Li Shujiang back to Anhui to hold a group practice the next day. Regardless of whether the TV series is true or not, this Li Shujiang did follow the Lu Gongbu back to Anhui to fight with the Taiping Army, and he worked very hard, and he gathered his fellow villagers as soon as he returned to Fei, and ran to Chaohu Dongguan to station, and the time point was also the turn of spring and summer.

"Dongguan ...... Dongguan ......" Wang Jingyuan said silently in his mouth, but his eyes began to search on the map. "Here!" Suddenly screamed excitedly.

"Huh?" Zuo Chongji, Hou Yutian, Liu Zhaojun and other generals all looked at him in unison.

"There's another suggestion for the lowly position!" Wang Jingyuan shouted excitedly: "Let's capture Yuxikou, directly enter the Yuxi River, trace the river, and attack Yongjia Town, Yuncao, yes, Yuncao, and Dongguan!" Forcing the Pine Demon to the rescue, we will defeat it on the way by uniting the Sixth Army on the right! ”

"Huh?" Zuo Chongji looked dazed.

"Huh!" Hou Yutian looked surprised.

"Yikes!" The generals were pleasantly surprised.

"My lord, what if the pine demon doesn't save it? What to do! Yuan Hongmo was slightly skeptical.

Wang Jingyuan replied mysteriously: "It would be better if you didn't come!" Let's make a big deal and attack Chaohu Lake directly! ”

"Huh!" Everyone didn't expect Wang Jingyuan to have such a plan. In fact, Wang Jingyuan didn't say anything, Yuncao was the place where the Qing court gathered grain in Anhui, Wang Jingyuan vaguely remembered that the Taiping Army went west in the summer of that year, and won 160,000 stone of official rice by Yuncao! In the Qing Dynasty, one stone was 100 catties, and 160,000 stones could be enough for the heavenly army to eat for three months!

"Good is good! It's just that Prime Minister Hu's order is for us to capture Xiliang Mountain and other places! Zuo Chongji poured cold water out of breath.

Wang Jingyuan didn't want to miss such a great achievement, and then replied: "Lord Chief, this Qing Demon Song'an was scared, and now he is shrinking in Xiliang Mountain, and he can't hold on, so we can only use a plan!" If it is a strong attack, I am afraid that I will suffer heavy losses! If you return to the army and conquer Xiliang Mountain again, Prime Minister Hu Cheng will not think that this Dongguan and Yuncao are redundant."

"My subordinates think that this plan is feasible, if the demon does not come out, we can also collect grain and grass" Hou Yutian voted in favor in time.

Seeing that the two deputies had the same opinion, Zuo Chongji couldn't say anything, and the three of them immediately agreed to capture Yuxikou and immediately send troops.

Huang Yuanji was sixteen years old when he took the children's examination, first the county examination, the annual examination, the scientific examination, and then the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination. After several years of hard work in Beijing, he was finally appointed as the county magistrate of Fengyang County, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, he thought that although the county was not as good as the prefect, he could also make a lot of money, and then dredge up the relationship, and remove the word "signature" before the official position, it would be perfect. Unexpectedly, the dream was broken by the Taiping Army. In late April, the Taiping army made a northern expedition to Fengyang and broke through the city in a few clicks. The Qing court blamed him, and the post of county commander was also removed, and in the name of a former county magistrate, he led the regiment to practice without duty and quality, and made meritorious contributions to the crime.

No, Li Jiaduan, the governor of Luzhou, suddenly felt that the river was tight and sent him to Yuncao Town to station. Not to mention that people are old now, with backache and leg cramps, they can't stand the toss of war, even when they are young and studying, Lao Huang is also clothed to reach out for food to open his mouth, how can he stand this sin. Lord Huang hoped that Governor Li would show his might and defeat Changmao, preferably into Jiangning, so that he could get back the hat of the county order.

Reality is reality, the haze is dense, and the dreary weather makes Huangzhi County particularly uncomfortable, not only worried about the war situation along the river, but also worried about the 160,000 stone grain in Yuncao Town, which are all official rice sent to various places. This Yuncao Town is just another eventful place, there is the Taiping Army in the south, and there are elusive twisters in the Dingyuan Mountains in the north.

After the Taiping army fleet entered the Yuxi River, it was quickly divided into three teams, led by Zuo Chongji, who led the right battalion of Ren Guixin and the left battalion of Liu Zhaojun, who were equipped with fast boats, and the middle battalion of Lu Yaoling was led by Hou Yutian to escort them. The strongest Yuan Hongmo front camp and Hu Yongxiang back camp were left at the end by Wang Jingyuan, which made Yuan and Hu, who were used to being pioneers, angry and glaring at them, but Wang Jingyuan did not pay attention to them, but let the soldiers slow down.

Driving up the Yuxi River, the first thing you pass by is Yongjia Town. In this small town, there are only a hundred or so villagers, and every family closes the door with interest, and occasionally a few shadows peep at the fleet from time to time. However, the Taiping army did not mean to attack it, the front team and the squadron hurried by, only the rear team Wang Jingyuan stopped the boat slightly to look, but slowly left, but the speed of the ship was asked to slow down again, and from time to time let the army commander Xie Zhenke go ashore to watch and see.

"Marshal, what are you doing here? Lao Ren, they are all fighting in front! We're still here to delay! Yuan Hongmo finally couldn't hold it back.

"Yes, military commander, although it is said that the Qing Demon has poor combat power, it is also good to be strong and powerful!" Hu Yongxiang followed and persuaded.

"Hit? Hit whom? Did I let them fight? Wang Jingyuan asked strangely.

Faced with this sudden rhetorical question, Hu Yongxiang was stunned for a moment, and muttered in his mouth, "Don't you let you attack Yuncao Town, and you also said that you want to attack Luzhou, but you dare not fight again?" ”

"Don't be busy, you have to fight the battle, but it's not there for the time being, send the order down, go to the mouth of the river in front, and stop all the boats and stand by." Wang Jingyuan said very calmly.

At this moment, the Taiping army led by Zuo Chongji suddenly appeared in the vision of the Yuncao people. In the three pavilions in the town, Lord Huang hurriedly climbed to the top floor, and looked south, the boats with the Taiping flag were crammed into the Yuxi River, there were hundreds of large and small, and his forehead was sweating when he boarded.

"Ring the bell, ring the bell...... Long Hair is coming! What about Mr. Zhu? What about Yu Liandong? Tell them to stop! Can't let the longhair come ashore! Huang Yuanji roared as hard as he could while running downstairs.

"Long Hair is here!" "Bandits, bandits! Run! "Yuncao Town is in chaos.

"Boom! Rumble! Give me a few hard shots!" Zuo Chongji stood on the flagship in high spirits, commanding the heavenly soldiers to manipulate several solid red-clothed cannons to fire at Yuncao Town.

"The bandits have cannons! My lord, let's run!" Zhu Jiang, who followed Huang Yuanji to the regimental training station, always heard the sound of artillery and shouted in fear.

"Fart, the old man and civil officials don't run, what are you running military attachés!" Huang Yuanji scolded very calmly.

"My lord, there are so many bandits! As the saying goes, a hero doesn't suffer immediate losses...... Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood! Zhu Jiang, who had been frightened, tried his best to persuade him.

"Zhu Fugui! If you disturb the morale of the army again, this officer will behead you on the spot!" The county magistrate roared violently.

Suddenly, Zhu Fugui closed his mouth.

"Master! Send someone for help! Send ten people to ride fast horses to break through the siege, and ask Lord Song and Lord Li of Yuxikou to lead troops to rescue! ”

"Yes! My lord, I have a suggestion, there is also a group practice in Chao County, and I want to ask them for help! ”

"Chao County? I heard that there is a group practice from Hefei over there! Okay, hurry up! If you can solve the siege this time, it will be your first credit! ”

"Boom! And then boom! Hit him first! Looking at the frightened crowd in the town, Zuo Chongji had an inexplicable impulse.

The Taiping army's artillery was small and did not have much power, so it was difficult to destroy the fortress ditch where the Qing army was hiding, but it hit many people's houses. Seeing that the people suffered heavy casualties, the generals were a little unbearable, and they dissuaded one after another, but they were all repelled by Zuo Chongji.

"Don't bang it! The goal of the raid has been achieved, so let's watch the excitement here! Hou Yutian, who rushed from the middle camp, shouted almost orderly.

"Huh?" Zuo Chongji was surprised that Hou Yutian, who was a subordinate, dared to order him, and an ignorance arose in his heart, but he forced himself to endure it. Because Hu Yihuang once told him that this person was very close to the East Temple, and as Lao Hu's descendant, he naturally knew the stakes. Although he didn't say it, Zuo Chongji had deeply recorded this scene in his heart.