In three days, Shi Dakai was ready, Guo Ye successfully took over Huainan City, and the 80,000 Taiping troops in the city were all surrendered, waiting for the further processing of the Lu army, and the fast horse messengers sent to the Quartet had already set off on the road, presumably it would not be long before the war would stop in the entire south. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, Guo Ye also sent a 700-mile urgent report to the Qing court, and Shi Dakai personally signed and sent the table to Beijing.

Other places are good to say, in the south of southern Zhejiang, although the Chu army's combat strength is not weak, but in the face of the Nanda Camp alone, it is impossible to eat the Nanda Camp in one go, the west and the West Battalion, the troops are relatively scattered, except for the seventh town and the sixth town have been defeated, the eighth town and the ninth town are relatively intact in terms of troop preservation. The problem arose in Nanjing, which was guarded by Dongdaying.

Now taking advantage of Shi Dakai's mobilization of the main force to confront Guo Ye's Lu army, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang mobilized almost all the main forces to attack the Dongda Battalion with all their might, and had already advanced the battle line to the city of Nanjing.

However, the current Tianjing City is no longer the Tianjing City of the year, after a year of war, the entire Tianjing City was beaten to pieces by the Hunan Army and the Taiping Army, not only all the fortifications were destroyed, together with the population has been one of ten, the population of Nanjing City has been reduced from the peak of nearly one million people, all the way down to only twenty or thirty thousand people, even if Shi Dakai led the army to capture Tianjing again, the population has rebounded, and now it is only less than 100,000 people, which is too far from the peak.

Surrounded by the Hunan army and the Huai army, the Taiping army fought desperately, guarding their capital, such as today the king has already returned to heaven, but the Wing King is a more respectable leader than the Heavenly King, even for the Wing King, the battle to die in Tianjing, that is also a great glory!

Wang Haiyang has not closed his eyes for three days and three nights, his chapped lips and deep-set eye sockets show how difficult it is to fight this battle, although the strength of the Dongda Battalion is not weak, but the combined strength of the Hunan Army and the Huai Army is far above the Dongda Battalion, and now there are no shells in the Dongda Battalion, and there are not many bullets left, compared with the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, the combat power has been greatly reduced, and it is even more difficult to support.

However, the Hunan army and the Huai army want to capture Tianjing City, it is not so easy, it always takes a few days, after all, the number of their artillery is not very large, a large number of artillery was destroyed when fighting with Shi Dakai, in order to be able to break through the city defense of Tianjing City as soon as possible, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang had to shrink their forces, concentrate the main forces in the east, plus the water division on the Yangtze River, exerted the most powerful pressure on Tianjing City, and the two sides were completely caught in a bitter battle here.

At this time, Yan Chunyu led the soldiers of the Second Brigade to take the warship captured from Anqing down the river and came to the outside of Tianjing City!

Yan Chunyu has completely grasped the situation in Tianjing City, the scouts sent have returned, the Hunan army is attacking the east city with all its might, the Huai army is blocking the north city, and the Hunan army is on the Yangtze River, lined up, launching an attack on Nanjing from the south, and the main military offensive direction is still concentrated in the east.

"Spring rain, what should we do now? Do you want to fight Tianjing City? ”

He Tengjiao asked.

"Hit! Of course you have to fight! How can we let go of such a good opportunity? We must take Tianjing City in front of the Hunan army and the Huai army, this is the biggest credit to quell the Longhair Rebellion, we can't let Zeng shave his head and Li Hongzhang rob this head, when the time comes, then our eldest brother will be disgraced! ”

Yan Chunyu replied firmly.

"So what do we do now? The Hunan Army, the Huai Army and the Taiping Army are already fighting fiercely! ”

Yan Chunyu pondered for a moment before replying: "Let's not join in the fun with them, lest we take advantage of them, and they attack the east and south cities, then we will concentrate all our firepower and besiege the west city of Tianjing City!" Let's compare with the Hunan army and the Huai army, who can take Tianjing the fastest! ”

Yan Chunyu has always been arrogant and arrogant, and he never admits defeat, how can he ever serve anyone?

"Attacking from the west?"

He Tengjiao was stunned and said: "Boss, are you stupid, now that we are on the Yangtze River, you actually want to give up the warship and attack from the west side?" How much time is this wasted? ”

Yan Chunyu glanced at He Tengjiao, and said dissatisfiedly: "You are stupid, yes, it is best for us to launch an attack from the river, but don't forget, the sailors of the Hunan army have already occupied all the best positions on the river, how can we fight, even if our artillery collapses Tianjing City?" As soon as the Hunan army sailors in the house swarmed in, can we squeeze in? Will you clear up this lawsuit by then? ”

He Tengjiao scratched his head, Yan Chunyu also had some truth in what he said.

"Also, after all, we are an army, not a naval division, and conducting water warfare is not what we are good at, so what are we spending on water? On the contrary, it will slow down the quality and speed of our attack, it is better to land directly and launch an attack, although it will delay a little time, but when we put dozens of heavy artillery into the attack together, a small city of Nanjing can still be difficult to hold us? ”

Yan Chunyu continued.

"Good!"

He Tengjiao replied: "You have a lot of ghost ideas, depending on you!" Then we will go ashore and compare with their Hunan army He Huaijun, who can take Tianjing City first! ”

"Order, all the ships docked at the Xiaguan Ferry, the cavalry landed first to protect safety, and then the artillery and infantry landed again, and after all the soldiers landed, the army was reorganized and advanced rapidly towards the city of Nanjing, our time is very urgent, no one knows how long the Taiping army in the city can hold out, speed up!"

Yan Chunyu shouted!

He Tengjiao hurriedly ordered the signal soldiers to convey orders to other warships through the flag, and the fleet quickly approached in the direction of Xiaguan.

With a force of nearly 10,000 people, it was not so easy to land on the Yangtze River in a short time, and it took nearly a day for the artillery to be pulled from the river to the shore, and the army was assembled.

Yan Chunyu gave an order, and the soldiers of the entire Second Brigade quickly advanced towards the city of Nanjing, and when they arrived at the city of Nanjing, it was already night.

Yan Chunyu had to order the army to rest temporarily and take a boat all the way, which was very unaccustomed to the northerners, and people who were seasick were everywhere! Sending an attack without a break doesn't do you any good!

(To be continued.) )