It's just that Zeng Guoquan was too anxious, he barely knew anything about Shi Dakai and the Taiping Army about this matter, so he led the main force of the Hunan Army to aid Anqing, not knowing that he had fallen into a dangerous situation!

Anqing, Shi Dakai sat in the yamen of the Anhui political envoy, and there were more than a dozen generals standing on both sides, all of whom were elite and strong generals he brought out from Sichuan, and they were all terrifying.

There was a brigade commander standing opposite, "Qingshan, what's the situation in the east now?" ”

Brigade Marshal Song Qingshan replied: "Chitose, according to our scout report, the current Zeng Guoquan has led the Qing army, set off from Tianjing, and went straight to Anqing, I am afraid that in three or five days, we can arrive in Anqing." ”

Shi Dakai stood up, looked at the map hanging on the wall, and said in a deep voice: "Anqing, it turned out to be the northern battalion of the Hunan army, and it was one of the most important bases of Zeng Guofan, and now that it has fallen into our hands, Zeng Guoquan is definitely going to the aid of all his strength to carry out a counteroffensive......"

Zhang Suimou, the military commander on the side, interjected: "Chitose, according to the last general, Zeng Guoquan will definitely take advantage of our first arrival in Anqing, gain a stable foothold, march with all his might, and snatch back Anqing in one fell swoop, they will definitely not give us too long to prepare." ”

Shi Dakai nodded and replied, "Yes, this king thinks so too." Although from Tianjing to Anqing are adjacent to the Yangtze River, then, from Tianjing to Anqing, it is tracing upstream, the Yangtze River is turbulent, the march is slow, Zeng Guoquan lacks a large number of water troops, and will never take the waterway; Then there is only a land march, everyone look at the map, I mean Zeng Guoquan led the army, it must be through Chaohu Lake, through Tongling to Anqing, this is also the closest road, compared to other distances but closer to one or two hundred miles......"

Zhang Suimou replied: "What Chitose said is that we need to prepare early......"

Shi Dakai sneered: "It's just a Zeng Guoquan." He can't help us, as long as Zuo Zongtang, Shen Baozhen and others don't come together, why are we afraid? Ladies and gentlemen, we will first defeat Zeng Guoquan's main force, and then occupy Anqing, Tongling, and Xuancheng, and bring the entire southern part of Anhui under our control. At this time, it is not the time for us to expand our territory wantonly, we only have 50,000 troops, which are too scattered, and it is easy to be broken by each of them, as long as we stand firm in southern Anhui and put up a big banner, the rest of the Taiping army in the entire Jiangnan region will flock to it, and when the time comes. Gather enough troops to restore Tianjing in one fell swoop! ”

Wang Haiyang, the former commander of the battalion, said in a deep voice: "Chitose, how are we going to fight this battle?" ”

Shi Dakai didn't answer Wang Haiyang, cast his eyes on the territory of Tongling, thought for a moment, and said: "Look here, Wusong Mountain!" ”

The generals set their sights on one place. Waiting for Shi Dakai's next step.

Shi Dakai continued: "Wusong Mountain, almost as far away as Anqing. More than 120 miles, at the junction of Anqing and Tongling, it is also the only way from Tongling to Anqing, my plan is to have a decisive battle with Zeng Guoquan in Wusong Mountain, relying on the dangerous terrain of Wusong Mountain. Defeat Zeng Guoquan in one fell swoop! ”

When Shi Dakai's generals left Tianjing, almost all of them were left to Hong Xiuquan, not to mention Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng, even outstanding generals such as Zhang Chaojue and Chen Decai were also left in Tianjing and Anhui. Now the generals around him are basically raised by one hand later, although they are all of some level, but this resume is much worse, at least they were on the battlefield of the northern and southern camps, they are all small characters, but they are very unfamiliar with the geographical environment around Anqing.

But they don't know, it doesn't mean that Shi Dakai doesn't know, Shi Dakai fought a war for five or six years on the line from Tianjing to Anqing, and fought to the death with Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi and others, and the geography of this area, almost with his eyes closed, can be explained clearly.

Wusong Mountain, standing by the river, the mountain is steep, the forest is luxuriant, it is the most suitable place to hide the ambush, and Wusong Mountain is also the throat road leading from Anqing to Tianjing, if you want to reach Anqing as quickly as possible, then you can't go around Wusong Mountain anyway, here is the best place to ambush the Hunan army!

Ji Qingyuan on the side asked: "Chitose, Zeng Guoquan brought a lot of troops, there are 40,000 people, we left nearly 10,000 people in Jiujiang and Chizhou, and the troops in our hands are only about 40,000 people, and we rushed to Wusong Mountain to have a decisive battle with Zeng Guoquan, so what should Anqing do?" There are more troops left, it is difficult to annihilate Zeng Guoquan, there are fewer troops left, but there are still a lot of Qing troops around, once Anqing is lost, we will not have any solid base......"

Shi Dakai glanced at Ji Qingyuan appreciatively, and replied: "What you said is right, Anqing must not be lost, so you must leave 10,000 troops to garrison Anqing, Qingyuan, this task will be handed over to you and your rear battalion, and the remaining three large battalions, follow me to Wusong Mountain, 30,000 troops, enough for me to defeat Zeng Guoquan!" ”

Ji Qingyuan was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Chitose, we can't take risks easily, 30,000 troops, against the main elite of the Hunan army, I'm afraid of ......"

Shi Da laughed and said: "Qingyuan, if it was a year or two ago, or three or five years ago, I wouldn't dare to easily use 30,000 troops against the elite of the Hunan army of more than 40,000 people, although I don't dare to say that I can't beat them, but the risk is too great." However, now it's different, do you think the Hunan army still has the same combat effectiveness as before? As soon as Tianjing was captured, the Hunan army slaughtered and looted in Tianjing, the entire Tianjing City was looted, women and wealth were stuffed one by one, and the Hunan army that was stunned by the word wealth was no longer the extremely brave Hunan army of the year, and the Hunan army without Zeng Guofan's suppression was also a soulless Hunan army, even if Zeng Guoquan was brave and unparalleled, it was just a façade! The Hunan army has long lost its former combat strength! If we occupy the geographical advantage, wait for work, and can't defeat Zeng Guoquan, then our Taiping army will be too useless! ”

Ji Qingyuan's face turned red and he stopped talking.

Shi Dakai turned around and shouted: "Sui Mou, you lead three thousand elites to the northeast side of Wusong Mountain, and hold your troops still, once the Qing army enters Wusong Mountain, you will block the back road for me, and you must not let the Qing army have a chance to escape!" ”

Zhang Suimou is Shi Dakai's number one general now, and what he is best at is defense, so that he can be nailed to the back road of the Qing army, naturally to prevent Zeng Guoquan from escaping!

"Zhongxin, you lead the left battalion to hide on the north peak of Wusong Mountain, Tiande, you lead the right battalion to hide on the south peak of Wusong Mountain, pull all our artillery up for me, condescending, we will annihilate the Hunan army in one fell swoop!" (To be continued.) )