The Beida Battalion is worthy of Shi Dakai's elite division, the marching speed is quite fast, in less than three days, it moved from Yingzhou to the foot of Huishan, standing by the mountain, defending according to the danger, and stationing the entire position on Huishan.

It's just that although Huishan is a mountain, it is not precipitous, it belongs to the semi-mountainous, semi-hilly area, the mountain is gentle, but it is one hundred and ten meters higher than other places, it is a huge hill, the jungle is dense above, and it is indeed a good place to defend it.

Huo Qingteng led one of his military towns to pull all of them up to Huishan and deploy them on the spot, and one of his own artillery battalions and ten artillery pieces were all pulled up, standing on top of the highest mountain, condescending, but it was a big threat, as for the other three brigades, they were all deployed on Huishan, and they were deployed in just one day.

However, the Taiping army moved quickly, and the speed of the Lu army was not slow, and the first brigade led by Gao Qi was the elite division that was best at tough battles, and it only took a few days from Bozhou to Huishan to rush to the bottom of Huishan.

Gao Qi is now in high spirits, and he is bent on swallowing the entire Anhui by himself before Yan Chunyu takes the whole of Henan, and the speed of this march will naturally not be slow.

Huo Qingteng had just finished deploying Huishan's defenses, and in less than a day, Gao Qi's army rushed to less than twenty miles away from Huishan.

However, as soon as he arrived, Gao Qi stopped the advance of the army, because the cavalry that had detected the enemy's situation had already run back.

"Brigade commander, we found a large number of Taiping troops stationed on top of Huishan in front, blocking our way forward!"

Ge Yuqing, the commander of the reconnaissance company, urged the horse to come to Gao Qi's approach, and shouted urgently.

Gao Qi raised his eyebrows and waved his hand, and the army stopped advancing.

"Yuqing, let's put it slowly, how many troops has the Taiping army concentrated in Huishan now? How is it armed? ”

Ge Yuqing said in a low voice: "Brigade commander, things are a little difficult to handle, the Taiping army has gathered almost six or seven thousand troops in Huishan, and they are defending the mountain, and on the top of the mountain, there are ten foreign cannons, condescending, and the number of foreign guns and equipment is not a few, if we attack strongly, I am afraid we will pay a certain price!" ”

Gao Qi frowned, and complained a little in his heart about the eldest brother, when is the time, he still has to sell arms to the Taiping Army, now it's okay, all of them are coming at him, the brothers of the First Brigade are all old people, and the casualties are all very distressing.

But it's too late to say anything now, and taking Huishan is the most important thing.

Gao Qi suddenly asked, "Yuqing, how many people do you say they have in Huishan?" ”

"Six or seven thousand!"

Gao Qi muttered: "Six or seven thousand people, our intelligence shows that the Taiping army is only seven thousand people stationed in Yingzhou, and six or seven thousand people are stationed in Huishan, doesn't that mean that Yingzhou is empty......"

Ge Yuqing replied: "Yes, brigade commander, Yingzhou City should be empty now......"

Gao Qi jumped off the horse and shouted, "Bring the map!" ”

A map was laid on the bluestone, Gao Qi looked at the surrounding terrain and muttered: "There are not many roads leading to Yingzhou from us......

Gao He on the side asked, "Big brother, are you thinking of bypassing Huishan and raiding Yingzhou?" ”

Gao Qi said in a deep voice: "It is impossible for the army to bypass Huishan and raid Yingzhou, it is too conspicuous, and it will soon be discovered by other scouts, but if we send a small force to raid Yingzhou, it is not impossible to ......."

Gao Qi continued: "From Yingzhou to Huishan, a hundred miles, if we march with all our might, it will also take several days, how can we not be discovered by the other party in these days?" You must know that this is not Henan, it is Anhui, the base camp of the Taiping Army, our every move is under the monitoring of the Taiping Army, and it is almost impossible to hide from the world. ”

At this moment, a general ran over and shouted, "Your Excellency, Your Excellency! ”

Gao Qi looked up and saw that it was Lu Han, a company commander of the first infantry battalion.

Gao Qi asked, "Lu Han, what are you doing when you don't come here in the first battalion to restrain the team?" ”

Lu Han said with a smile: "My lord, before I first joined the training army, I have been following Lord Ding Ruchang to wander around, this area of northern Anhui, I have walked back and forth no less than a dozen times, I am very familiar with the terrain here, our army debuted in northern Anhui, I think there are few people who know this terrain, yes, humble and self-willing, willing to serve the adult dogs and horses!" ”

Gao Qi was overjoyed, yes, this kid was the eldest brother who followed Ding Ruchang to take refuge, and now Ding Ruchang has been transferred to Jiaozhou to preside over the affairs of Weihai Weijun Port, and several of his subordinates at the beginning have all been merged into the training army, this Lu Han is the most capable of them, and now he is also a company commander, in charge of the hundred and ten people! Ding Ruchang was born in the Twist Army before, and he fought with the Qing army in Anhui, Henan, so he was very familiar with this place.

Gao Qi slapped Lu Han hard and shouted, "Great, special, why did Lao Tzu forget about a few of you?" Sit, tell me quickly, is there any hidden path from us to Yingzhou? It is best to be able to bypass Huishan, avoid the eyes and ears of the Taiping army, and at the same time be able to ensure a surprise attack on Yingzhou in the shortest possible time! ”

Lu Han said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, this road is naturally there, you look here, Huishan and Longshan stand side by side, the two mountains are staggered, I think the Taiping army will defend Huishan, Huishan will definitely not be able to pass, but on the side of Longshan, on the side of Longshan, there is a small road that can be bypassed, this path is usually rarely passed, the Taiping army wants to fight with us, naturally all the troops are gathered around Huishan, the other side of Longshan, must be negligent in guarding, we can pass quickly with cavalry at night, Bypassing Longshan in one breath and rushing to Yingzhou, although the distance is fifty miles away, however, the cavalry is fast, and it can definitely reach Yingzhou in two or three days! “

Gao Qi said with a smile: "Fifty miles away, fifty miles is a fart for our cavalry!" Two or three days? Within two days, it must be impacted under the city of Yingzhou, and by surprise, Yingzhou must be taken in one fell swoop! Little Pheas! ”

Gao Yi hurriedly agreed.

Gao Qi said: "This time, I personally led the army to attack Huishan to attract the attention of the Taiping army, you led two cavalry battalions, and asked Lu Han to take you around Longshan, raid Yingzhou, and give me the shortest possible time to take Yingzhou City!" ”

The two cavalry battalions are not too strong, but if they are used for a surprise attack, they still have a good chance of winning if they are not prepared.

Gao He smiled and said, "Okay, big brother, leave it to me!" ”

(To be continued.) )