In three days, in three days, Shi Dakai brought all his 30,000 elites to Wusong Mountain.

Strange rocks, mountains and forests are abundant, it is indeed the best place to kill people and set fires, Shi Dakai plans to arrange a huge pocket here, and in one go, put Zeng Guoquan's 40,000 Hunan troops into it!

It's a pity that his appetite is too big, Wusong Mountain is only two or three peaks, the area is not vast, the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is dense, the official road is not wide, 40,000 Hunan troops stretch for more than ten miles on the road, how can this one Wusong Mountain be fitted?

When Shi Dakai came to Wusong Mountain, he felt his mistake.

Shi Dakai frowned, and said to Song Qingshan: "Qingshan, where is the Hunan army now, what is the situation?" ”

Song Qingshan replied: "Chitose, the current Hunan army is led by Zeng Guoquan himself, in front of which is the cavalry battalion of the Hunan army, there are almost three or four thousand people, behind the cavalry battalion is the Chinese army camp of the Hunan army, Zeng Guoquan sits in the Chinese army, after the Chinese army, is the musket battalion and artillery battalion of the Hunan army, this time to help Anqing, Zeng Guoquan carried twenty Western artillery in one breath, the power is huge, and the musket battalion is also extremely powerful, all of them are new muskets purchased from the United States, a total of more than 2,000 people; As the rear army, the rear battalion led by Bao Chao, a fierce general of the Hunan army, and the Hunan army on both wings were almost nearly 20,000 people. Now it is less than 100 miles away from Wusong Mountain. ”

Less than 100 miles, that is, there are still two days to go, and the Hunan army can arrive, what should I do?

Once the siege of the Hunan army is not completed, the Taiping army will be in a dilemma, one is not careful, but will give the Hunan army a bite back. Don't say that the Hunan army is no longer at the peak of its former combat strength. The same. Now the Taiping Army under Shi Dakai is definitely no longer at the peak of its combat power.

When he was in Jiangxi and Anhui, Shi Dakai's famous generals were like clouds, and the army was unmatched, and the Hunan army was so brave that he couldn't raise his head at all, but now, those hundred tiger generals under Shi Dakai's account have been in the war for four or five years. is exhausted, even Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng have died one after another, and the Taiping army can't grab it now compared to the Hunan army!

Wang Haiyang frowned and said: "Chitose, this place is a little small, if Zeng Guoquan really comes over with an army of 40,000, we can't surround people......"

Shi Dakai nodded and sighed, "It seems that I am too greedy. But. Even if he can't kill all of Zeng Guoquan's Hunan army, it will hurt his vitality! “

Wang Haiyang said urgently: "Chitose." Our troops are insufficient, and it is not the best strategy to fight hard with them, you know, the Qing army has a reserve of soldiers, annihilating 10,000, and 20,000, and annihilating 20,000 will have 50,000, but we are different, before we have a stable base, we will lose one, and there will be one less! ”

Shi Dakai shook his head, the Qing army is menacing, we must give them a head-on blow before the arrival of other armies in the Hunan army, if we don't kill their prestige, the next battle will be even more difficult, you know, we have to face the siege of Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang, and even Luo Bingzhang and other departments later, if we can't win this battle, how can we defeat them? If we don't defeat Zeng Guoquan, then how can Li Shixian and others believe that under the leadership of this king, the banner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can be re-established? ”

Wang Haiyang's expression froze, what the Wing King said was right, after all, his vision and mind were much worse than the Wing King, and he was only thinking about the outcome of a battle, while the Wing King had already taken into account the influence and reaction of all parties behind the battle.

Yes, Tianjing City was broken, the Heavenly King set himself on fire and martyred, then the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, now in terms of prestige, ability, and seniority, there is no one who can compare with the Wing King, but even if the Wing King is highly respected, can he control the overall situation? Not necessarily, if it's an old subordinate of the Wing King, then it's okay to say, if not? Shi Dakai is just a winged king, there is no edict, there is no order, the momentum of the Qing demon is flourishing, plus leaving Beijing, it will become a reason to criticize Shi Dakai!

Now the Wing King is already fighting against the water, defeating Zeng Guoquan in one fell swoop, the prestige of the Wing King will be established again, whether it is the old department, or the subordinates of other kings, they will move closer to Anqing, gather under the banner of the Wing King, and continue to fight against the Qing Demon, if this battle fails, then everything will be in vain, even a Zeng Guoquan can't deal with it, and how to deal with the more powerful Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang?

Shi Dakai looked at Song Qingshan and asked, "Qingshan, you just said that the artillery, spearmen, and cavalry of the Qing Demon are all gathered in the front army?" ”

Song Qingshan nodded and replied: "Yes, Chitose, that's right, the Qing Demon Front Army is almost 25,000 people, and the outflanking behind is leading more than 10,000 people to hold back, which is almost a dozen miles away from the front army, and at the same time escorting the baggage ......."

Shi Dakai nodded and replied, "Okay, then let's concentrate our forces and kill their front army!" The order was to transfer 2,000 people from the right battalion to reinforce Zhang Suimou, and let him occupy the entrance to the mountain on the east side of Wusong Mountain for me, I know that there are two high hills there, occupy the high hills to the death, and keep Bao Chao out for me! ”

"Order Fu Zhongxin, gather all our artillery in Dongshan, once the battle starts, aim all the artillery at the Qing Demon's artillery and musket battalion, don't spare the shells, and break their sharpest teeth for me before the Qing Demon organizes a counterattack!"

"Haiyang, tell the soldiers on the side of the West Mountain, if the Qing Demon Cavalry breaks through, they will block it if they can, and let it go if they can't! Our target is the Chinese army, the musket battalion and artillery, which killed the elite of the Chinese army of the Hunan army, and three or four thousand cavalry are not to worry! ”

Shi Dakai's orders were quickly conveyed, and his thoughts were unusually clear.

Since you can't eat all the Hunan army in one bite, then hit the snake and hit seven inches, first kill the Chinese army and the artillery battalion of the foreign gun battalion, which is the most powerful in Zeng Guoquan's combat power, and lose these elites, Bao Chao in the back and the Qing cavalry in front of it were isolated by the Taiping Army into two independent parts, that is, the head and tail can not take care of each other, which is just convenient for the Taiping Army to break through!

Shi Dakai has been through a hundred battles, and is definitely the most outstanding military general in China in the 19th century.

It wasn't until the night that the deployment of the army was completed, Shi Dakai gently closed his eyes, wait, there is still one day, according to the time calculation, the Qing army will arrive the morning after tomorrow at the latest, and when the time comes, prepare a big meal for them!

(To be continued.) )