The Hunan army was entrenched in Pingjiang, and the city wall was built extremely strong, and even in order to cope with the heavy artillery of the national defense army, the Hunan army built a second city wall close to the original city wall, and doubled the thickness of the wall. The Hunan army patrolled intensively above the city, and from a distance, all kinds of things to defend the city were extremely well prepared.

King Chen Yucheng led Wang Jian and others to observe the terrain, and his expression was quite dignified.

"Pingjiang City was originally not a high city wall, not a big city, but after the establishment of the Hunan army, with Hunan as the starting point of the campaign, all the way to the east, the stronger the fight, Pingjiang County as the Hunan army's logistics materials must pass through, over the years have been constantly repaired, now it has become a big city in the west, want to capture, I am afraid it is not easy to not have sufficient heavy artillery ammunition." Wang Jian's expression was solemn, the current Pingjiang County can already become a fortress, and the thickness of the city wall is still more than that of Anqing City. What's more, the enemy suffered a big loss in Anqing, so he naturally learned a lesson, and it was not easy to break through the city wall like Anqing.

"Don't attack the city for the time being, order the reconnaissance battalion to scatter around to reconnoitre, and see if there is a way to get around." Chen Yucheng said with a deep groan.

Now there are no less than 100,000 enemies defending the city, and the logistics materials are sufficient, but the siege army is only 30,000, although the weapons and equipment are advanced, but there is no way to show the city wall if it can't break through. Therefore, the British king did not prepare to attack the city, but looked for a path to cross the city of Pingjiang into the hinterland of Hunan.

The Wehrmacht set up camp and corrected on the spot, and the scouts held the city of Pingjiang closely to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp.

After a quiet night, the Wehrmacht soldiers got up early to train. This is a tradition of the Wehrmacht, and training must be carried out as long as it is not wartime. The soldiers had already thought of it as a habit.

The sound of the training of 30,000 national defense troops came into Pingjiang City from afar, causing the Hunan army in Pingjiang City to shake, and Zeng Guofan led the generals of the Hunan army to watch.

"That's Hong Tiangui's Wehrmacht? Sure enough, it is a mighty army. Zeng Guofan's expression was extremely complicated. In this way, the army with less than 30,000 men and horses drove him back to his lair from Anqing all the way, and the 300,000 Hunan troops that he had painstakingly managed lost seventy percent. This was his biggest failure since founding the Hunan Army.

"Dashuai, if the enemy surrounds but does not fight, is it to besiege the city?" Hu Linyi said puzzled. There is a cloud in the art of war, and ten rules are to besiege it, but now the enemy is only 30,000, and the siege cannot be done at all.

"The enemy is probably waiting for reinforcements, and our secret agents who stayed in Jiangxi have sent information that the traitor Hong Tiangui has gathered more than 100,000 troops and is rushing towards Pingjiang City, and the ratio of forces between the two sides will change at that time, and the siege may not be successful." Zeng Guofan said in a deep voice.

"If this is the case, I am afraid that we will have to start a protracted battle with the enemy in this Pingjiang City. But can our walls withstand the enemy's heavy artillery? Hu Linyi frowned deeply, the blow to the entire Hunan army from the destruction of Anqing City was heavy. Moreover, there was also a slight gap between Hu Linyi and Zeng Guofan because of the Battle of the Ganjiang River. Hu Linyi thought he was Zeng Guofan's henchman, but he didn't expect to be abandoned by Zeng Guofan on the east bank at the moment of life and death.

"It's okay, we have prepared a lot of grain and grass in Pingjiang City, even if the enemy besieges the city for a year, it will not shake our foundation." Zeng Guofan said confidently. As a bridgehead for Hunan to confront the whole country, Pingjiang County was not only built into a war fortress, but also hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, enough for the entire army to eat for a year. What's more, Pingjiang City is located in the easternmost part of Hunan, and it is a bridgehead to resist the invasion of the Taiping army.

The Wehrmacht did not attack the city, and their three divisions surrounded Pingjiang City in three directions, and dense artillery ports were erected in all directions, and the black hole of the guns made the entire Pingjiang City panic.

At the military headquarters of the National Defense Forces, King Chen Yucheng of England was discussing with Deputy Army Commanders Wang Jian and Xie Zhihai a good strategy to break the enemy. After Sun Libin left the National Defense Army, Xie Zhihai was appointed deputy commander of the First Army of the National Defense Army, taking over Sun Libin's position, while his position as commander of the Third Division was taken over by Deputy Division Commander Sun Zhengping, while another deputy division commander, Zhang Guangshuang, was transferred to the temporary reorganization of the New First Army as division commander.

"Bao, the Heavenly King's emergency battle report!" The herald sent a sealed battle report, and then the British king took out a thick book, and then cracked it according to the numbers on the war report, and quickly, the deciphered Heavenly King's edict fell into the hands of the British king.

The look on the British king's face remained unchanged, and he handed it over to Wang Jian and Xie Zhihai.

When the two of them looked at it, their expressions changed.

"Lord Wang, the Heavenly King is actually stationed in Xiushui and will no longer go west in a short period of time, this is not good news for us! At this time, the enemy is cowering in Pingjiang City, and it is a good time to kill them in one go. It's a pity! Wang Jian said with some regret. But he will never disobey the order of the Heavenly King Hong Tiangui, but he is unwilling to vent his complaints.

"I'm afraid the Heavenly King has other calculations, as long as we follow the Heavenly King's orders, we will surround Pingjiang City, as long as they send troops out of the city or reinforcements come, we will destroy them." The King said in a deep voice.

"Does the King know the purpose of the King of Heaven?" Wang Jian and Xie Zhihai were confused.

"If my expectations are correct, the Heavenly King's purpose is probably for us to control the Hunan army in Pingjiang City, and then take the opportunity to enter the hinterland of Hunan. I just don't know who made this plan. The King said in a deep voice.

"The prince thinks the plan is not feasible?" Xie Zhihai asked in a deep voice.

"No, this strategy is very good, but I don't know who led it into the hinterland of Hunan to make this great achievement." Unlike the loyal and disappointed kings of the East, the British king's desire was much purer, and his idea was to lead his army to conquer every land he could see.

The Wehrmacht mainly grasped Pingjiang City, did not provoke, did not attack the city, and was busy every day, and did not know what it was busy with.

The strong curiosity made the Huai army in Pingjiang City constantly come out to investigate. But without exception, once they leave the city for 500 meters, they will inevitably be mercilessly shot and wounded by the Wehrmacht. Day and night, skirmishes never stopped.

At the same time, outside Pingjiang City, some caravans and armed forces close to Pingjiang City were wiped out by the Wehrmacht. Especially those reinforcements, now the whole peace has been completely monopolized by the Wehrmacht, including those merchants, except for the merchants of the Heavenly Kingdom who can apply for a special driving permit, others must go through the inspection of the Wehrmacht to enter Pingjiang City.

Besieging the city and sending reinforcements, this is the most suitable decisive battle method that Hong Tiangui thought of at present.