Chapter Eighty-Seven: All the Way West

The victory in the Battle of Ganjiang swept through the entire Heavenly Kingdom like a whirlwind, and the entire Heavenly Kingdom rose sharply in influence after Hong Tiangui succeeded to the throne. First defeated Britain and France in the east, and then defeated the Hunan army in the west, recovering large areas of lost territory, and this sudden outbreak of victory shook all the forces in the Far East.

The Heavenly King Hong Tiangui also became famous in a battle and became the number one henchman of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, Hong Tiangui's army relied on Lu Shunde's navy to successfully replenish it, crossed the Gan River, and frantically marched westward with the momentum that swept the world. Along the way, there was no strong resistance from the Hunan army, and all the counties surrendered.

The command of the Wehrmacht has been completely handed over to the British King Chen Yucheng, and with the help of the aftermath of the previous victory, the Wehrmacht is like a bamboo, and the whole of Jiangxi has changed banners overnight.

Hong Tiangui led a large number of captive troops and the British royal troops, and while marching, he reorganized the troops. Hong Tiangui transferred one deputy at all levels from the National Defense Force, and in a very short period of time, he pulled up a mixed unit of the British Crown Department and the Hunan Army, which Hong Tiangui named the Provisional First Army, with Sun Libin as the commander. At the same time, the establishment of the six armies under the command of the British king was also full at a snowballing speed. By the time Hong Tiangui led the army to Xiushui County, the army under his command had reached 150,000, and more than 80,000 Hunan army prisoners were captured, of which nine were expanded on the basis of the British Crown, plus the provisional first army, a total of ten military-level units, and at the same time, there was also a prisoner camp of 10,000 people, all of which were left over or refused to surrender.

Hong Tiangui's army stopped and began a large-scale reorganization. At the same time, Ye Tianlong, the commander of the Public Security Army, and Li Xue, the commander of the Chengguan Army, came to pick people by the Navy Express Ship.

As a paramilitary institution of the Heavenly Kingdom, both armies are seriously short of personnel, especially the security army, which is responsible for dangerous tasks such as local security and arrest of crimes, and has requirements for troops, and the soldiers of the Hunan army are all trained in the army, and the quality is much higher than that of those recruited on the spot. What's more, the most taboo thing for the security army and the urban management army is to recruit locals, which is easy to form local factions, which is not conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the kingdom. The current conditions for recruiting the Heavenly Kingdom from other places also did not allow it, and now that there were plenty of captives to choose from, the commanders of the two armies naturally quickly approached like sharks smelling blood.

However, when they arrived at the prisoner camp, they saw that the soldiers were either short and thin, or seriously wounded soldiers who were dying and struggling, and their faces were full of disappointment.

The two quickly found Hong Tiangui and explained the current situation of the Hunan army's prisoner camp. It is hoped that Hong Tiangui can transfer personnel from various armies to supplement the public security army and the urban management army.

In this regard, Hong Tiangui made a decision after groaning for a while. All the mildly disabled personnel of the army were assigned to the Chengguan Army, which was regarded as a kind of resettlement. For severely disabled people, the Kingdom of Heaven will set up a sanatorium for disabled soldiers in the Kingdom of Heaven, and the Kingdom of Heaven will manage the life of disabled soldiers for the rest of their lives. For the disabled soldiers and seriously wounded soldiers of the Hunan army, all of them were ordered to be sent to Hunan and handed over to the Hunan army for disposal.

As for the other sources of troops needed by the Chengguan Army and the Public Security Army, Hong Tiangui asked them to follow up along the route of the British King's advance, leaving a prisoner camp of the Hunan Army that the Wehrmacht did not want along the way, and how much they could eat depended on their ability.

Hong Tiangui's words were undoubtedly a kind of decentralization, which made the two of them look overjoyed, and took a few cronies to break away from the large army and march west.

"Heavenly King, I just got the battle report from the British King, and all the Hunan troops retreated back to Hunan, gathered a large number of troops in Pingjiang County, and put on a posture of swearing to fight to the death." Auxiliary King Yang Fuqing personally sent the war report he received, and the expression on his face was relaxed. There is no way, the victory along the way has made the generals of the Heavenly Kingdom see the end of the Hunan army, at this time, the remnants of the Hunan army are shrinking in Pingjiang County, as long as they are solved, there will be no more soldiers to fight in the entire northwest, and the Heavenly Army can go all the way west to join the Wing King Shi Dakai.

"This battle is not easy to fight, a long march, the Wehrmacht is already at the end of the strong attack, although the weapons and ammunition have been replenished, but it is the minimum standard, it cannot sustain a few big battles, and this king thinks that the British king will not attack the city." Hong Tiangui saw the battle report and said in a deep voice.

Yang Fuqing's face changed, and he asked puzzledly: "Heavenly King, this is the best chance to solve the Hunan army!" The King won't give up, will he? ”

Hong Tiangui smiled and said: "Although the Kingdom of Heaven is like a bamboo, the actual situation is not optimistic, although the Manchu Qing is decaying, but it has not reached the time of decline, not to mention that the British and French powers support the Manchu Qing, which makes the war potential of the Manchu Qing far more than ours, we can achieve a temporary victory, but there is no guarantee of eternal victory." ”

"What then? Just let the Hunan army go? Yang Fuqing's face was full of unwillingness, in the past few years, he has fought a lot with the Hunan army, and the grudge between the two sides has been irresolvable, many of Yang Fuqing's cronies and brothers have died in the hands of the Hunan army, and now it looks like it is at the end of the road, so he naturally wants to completely eliminate it.

"Of course they won't be spared! This king once said that the Hunan army and the Huai army are the henchmen of the kingdom of heaven, and it is rare to have such a good opportunity, and they must be weakened as much as possible. Now although the Hunan army is embarrassed, it still has nearly 100,000 troops, and there is also the foundation of Hunan. However, how to fight this battle has to be carefully considered. Hong Tiangui smiled. Counting the time, the Wing King should also make a move.

Hong Tiangui does not want to solve the Hunan army in a war, but it is extremely difficult, because the front is Hunan, is the nest of the Hunan army, here, with the support of the belief of protecting the family and defending the country, the strength of the Hunan army will only be stronger, and the Hunan army's logistics are procured on the spot, saving the burden of heavy grain and grass, and the combat effectiveness will only increase, so Hong Tiangui rashly starts a war in the case of insufficient weapons and ammunition, I am afraid that he will suffer a big loss.

Expeditions must be made safe, and there have been too many overwhelming armies in history that have fallen short at the last minute. Hong Tiangui didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, but he didn't want to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Therefore, Hong Tiangui locked his eyes on the opening of the wing king Shi Da, who was active in the Sichuan and Guizhou generation. As long as the Yiwang can grasp the fighter and lead the army to the east, he will definitely be able to deal a fatal blow to the Hunan army, and when the time comes, the east and west will be connected, and the entire Qing Dynasty will be dismembered along the Yangtze River.

This is a grand strategy, and before the battle began, Hong Tiangui had already ordered people to go to the land of Sichuan and Guizhou with his handwritten edict to find the Wing King Shi Dakai. Whether the territory south of the Yangtze River can be established in a war this time will depend on whether the Wing King cooperates.

Just when Hong Tiangui was conceiving his strategy of splitting the south of the Yangtze River, the British king Chen Yucheng led the frantically advancing national defense army into Hunan, and the troops were directed at Pingjiang County.

The Hunan army was defeated all the way, the loss of troops reached seventy percent, and hundreds of thousands of Hunan children became prisoners of heaven.