It's just that Zeng Guofan's letter with Li Hongzhang was sent, and it sank into the sea, not to mention seven hundred miles of urgency, one thousand miles of urgency, and it is useless, and now Zuo Guigui's order is to move closer to the southeast of Henan at full speed, through the northeast of Anhui to Henan, and the north and south will attack and recover Henan in one fell swoop, not to mention that Zuo Guigui's orders to Guo Ye have never been implemented without discounting, even at this time, if you want to disobey the order, the brothers of more than 10,000 people under him will not agree, you know, Now Lao Futai is fighting to the death with the Twist Army and the Taiping Army in Henan! Why, instead of helping his own brothers, he helped Zeng shave his head? Where does the truth come from?

Guo Ye stayed in Xinxiang City for three days, and led the army all the way south, heading straight to Kaifeng Mansion.

Lai Wenguang and Zhang Zongyu also did not show weakness, after more than ten days, the troops in the west and east of Henan have moved closer to the vicinity of Kaifeng, only the Taiping army and the twist army in the south are still on the road because of the long distance.

All of a sudden, Lai Wenguang and Zhang Zongyu's troops increased greatly, and nearly 10,000 troops on the western front and more than 10,000 people on the eastern front were all assembled in Kaifeng, including six or seven thousand cavalry, and all reinforcements from all walks of life were gathered in Kaifeng.

Zhang Zongyu Lai Wenguang's confidence in his heart has increased a lot, Kaifeng Mansion as a provincial capital, the city wall is much taller than Xinxiang, and now there are 20,000 reinforcements to help, even if you can't defeat the Qing demon, at least defend Kaifeng City, there is still no problem, it's a big deal! Anyway, in the south of Henan, there are no less than 40,000 or 50,000 troops, important people, we have people, but you Qing demons can only have 10,000 people, and one less will die!

"King Zun, Lao Du, you say, how are we going to fight this battle? Just stick to it? ”

Zhang Zongyu asked.

Lai Wenguang said angrily: "What can you do if you don't defend it?" Do you still want to fight them to the death? Can you beat others? ”

Zhang Zongyu's expression froze, Lai Wenguang is really scared now, as for it, it's just a few defeats, is it so scared that he doesn't even dare to come out of Kaifeng City?

"Obey the king, isn't it a way to stick to it? How can we just be beaten passively? You must know that people have hundreds of artillery, even if the walls of Kaifeng Mansion are strong, they will never be able to resist the indiscriminate bombardment of other artillery! It won't take many days for the walls of Kaifeng Mansion to be bombarded with holes! ”

"Humph!"

Lai Wenguang snorted coldly and replied: "Zong Yu, even if our city wall is bombed and riddled with holes, as long as it is not razed to the ground, then the Qing Demon will not be able to successfully attack Kaifeng City!" In a word, even if it is consumed, it will also consume them, but I want to see how many weapons and ammunition Guo Ye can withstand consumption, and how much food they can afford to consume! Even if they have food from Xinxiang Mansion, they will definitely not be able to support it for too long, but there is a lot of food in Kaifeng Mansion......"

"King Zun, in fact, it's really not the best policy for us to blindly stick to it......

Du He said slowly.

Lai Wenguang was stunned, if this sentence came from Zhang Zongyu's mouth, he would not be surprised, but from Du He's mouth, it was a little strange, Du He has always been resourceful and steady, how could he suddenly say such a thing today?

"Lao Du, ...... are you?"

Du He said in a deep voice: "First, although the treasury of Kaifeng Mansion has a lot of money and grain, it is far better than Xinxiang City, but don't forget, we have an army of forty or fifty thousand, and more than 10,000 cavalry. Second, we are passive in Kaifeng, besieged by the Qing Demon Group, it is too passive, my cavalry is unable to perform in the city, and the money and grain of the Qing Demon in the north will be transported without scruples, if it continues like this, even if it drags on for a year and a half, the food of the Qing Demon will not be cut off, you know, now Shandong is in good weather, the people are abundant, and it is effortless to supply an army of more than 10,000 people! “

Lai Wenguang was shocked, and muttered: "Lao Du, then what do you mean......"

Du He replied: "King Zun, what I mean is to send our cavalry of the Twist Army, give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, plunder everywhere in northern Henan, and specialize in the grain route of the Qing Demon, I don't believe that the Qing Demon can hold on!" The biggest feature of our twisting army is that its whereabouts are erratic, fighting positional warfare, and attacking fortified positions, there is absolutely no way to compare with the Taiping army, but in a sneak attack war, the Taiping army can be out of reach! ”

Lai Wenguang nodded secretly, Du He said well, especially Zhang Zongyu's recovery of the cavalry, but also the mobility of the cavalry to the extreme, under the encirclement and suppression of the Mongolian cavalry and the battalion, he was still at ease, and he was overwhelmed by Seng Lingqin and Shengbao, and now if he wants to create a little trouble for Guo Ye in the big war, he still can't do without Zhang Zongyu's cavalry tactics!

Lai Wenguang nodded and smiled: "Well, what Lao Du said is also quite reasonable, it's just that now that the strong enemy is about to come to the city, this matter can't be delayed, Zong Yu, you are the best at commanding the cavalry, this time, the burden of containing the rear of the Qing Demon will still fall on you." ”

Zhang Zongyu grinned and replied: "King Zun, anything else, we don't dare to say, if it's just a sneak attack, then the Qing army will definitely not be able to help me, when I, Zhang Zongyu, played this trick very slippery, Guo Ye didn't know if he was weaned!" I promise to make Guo Ye's army restless day and night, and want to capture Kaifeng Mansion, he is dreaming! ”

Lai Wenguang's face was straight, and he said: "Zong Yu, everything else is easy to say, your ability to command the cavalry is much higher than mine, but there is only one point, you have to remember clearly, you must not love war, you can't be greedy for war, everything is based on preserving strength, as long as you can contain the Qing army, don't let them concentrate on attacking the city, once you fall into a bitter battle, you have no reinforcements outside, it is very dangerous!" ”

Zhang Zongyu nodded and said: "Don't worry, King Zun, I'm not a fool, the Qing army's musket is powerful, I won't kill it and hit the muzzle directly, I know this very well in my heart!" ”

Lai Wenguang was still a little uneasy, looked at Du He, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Old Du, otherwise, let you follow Zong Yu to act together?" ”

Du He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "King Liang left Kaifeng, if I also go out of the city, what will happen to the remaining Twist Army infantry?" I'm in the city, so I can suppress these people, if I leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on, the Qing army is coming to the city, we are extremely dangerous, at this time, but no mistake can be made......"

(To be continued.) )