Gao Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Big brother, anyway, we have to eat the rice in one bite, let's do the emperor's business first, and now it's the right thing to take Kaifeng Mansion!" ”

Guo Ye nodded and replied, "Yes, taking Kaifeng Mansion is the right thing, but, Gao Qi, how are you going to take Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

Gao Qi replied: "Attack, I don't think there is a need to worry, our intelligence shows that the Twist Army and the Taiping Army have increased their troops again, and now there are nearly 40,000 troops in Kaifeng Mansion, just these troops, we are not worried, the most uncomfortable thing is that Zhang Zongyu actually led an elite cavalry to leave Kaifeng Mansion, just north of Kaifeng Wandering around, this is too dangerous, when we are attacking Kaifeng Mansion is gaining momentum, he gave us a guy, that is amazing." ”

Guo Ye smiled: "Good boy, yes, you have grown, you know how to use your brain." ”

Gao Qi was proud, and said with a smile: "According to my meaning, first find a way to solve Zhang Zongyu, and the rest of the things will be much easier to do, without the cavalry of the Twist Army to contain us around, we can attack as much as we want!" ”

"What's the best way to do it?"

Guo Ye asked.

He Tengjiao on the side replied: "Big brother, I heard that Zhang Zongyu left this time, carrying 6,000 cavalry, such a force is a lot, it is not difficult to defeat him, but it is a little difficult to annihilate it, after all, once the speed of the cavalry is urged, it is difficult to contain." ”

Ke Yunlu shouted: "Tengjiao, it's up to you, if you don't destroy Zhang Zongyu, we won't be able to sleep well, his cavalry not only threatens our artillery battalion, but also threatens our transportation line, from Xinxiang to Kaifeng, close to two hundred miles, the cavalry of the Twist Army may attack us at any time, and then we will burn our grain like last time, then it will be fatal!" ”

He Tengjiao smiled bitterly: "What you said sounds good, if you want to annihilate them, where is it so easy?" If I had five or six thousand cavalry, it would be effortless to encircle and suppress them, but now, I only have more than three thousand cavalry, and if the cavalry of the Twist Army wanted to run, I would not be able to stop them, at most they would be defeated or severely damaged, and it would be impossible to completely annihilate them......

Gao Qi pursed his lips and replied, "Or, you come down and let me go?" ”

He Tengjiao scolded: "Roll the calf, I have no way, you have a way?" Where can you grab it better than me? ”

Gao Qi no longer paid attention to He Tengjiao, and said to Guo Ye: "Big brother, if you want me to say, this battle will either be resolved quickly, and Lai Wenguang in Kaifeng City will not be given a chance to breathe, and Kaifeng City will be ended in one breath; Or, then drag on for a few days, Zhang Zongyu will find our flaws again, why don't we wait for them to make mistakes? After all, we occupy an absolute advantage, and we can't destroy the cavalry of the Twist Army in one battle, so two battles, three battles! In short, Zhang Zongyu was beaten until he was convinced! ”

Guo Ye smiled faintly and said, "Gao Qi, then tell me, how to solve it quickly?" ”

Gao Qi said fiercely: "We have a hundred artillery, concentrate all the artillery in the north city, and then bombard it fiercely for a day and a night, even if the wall of Kaifeng Mansion is strong, we will be blown up by us at night, and then, with the cavalry as the lead, launch a surprise attack, at most two waves of attack, we can rush into Kaifeng City!" ”

This is the big stone crushing the turtle!

Gao Qi has full confidence in his artillery, five artillery battalions, a hundred heavy artillery, not to mention the city wall of Kaifeng Mansion, even the city wall of the capital can't withstand such a bombardment for a long time!

He Tengjiao was unconvinced: "You think you have artillery?" Kaifeng Mansion is a provincial capital, there are artillery defenses on the city walls on all sides, although they are some invincible generals, but there is always better than nothing, that is more than ten doors! And now the Taiping army still has some rifles, at this time to defend it, block our cavalry, with bows and arrows, do you think we can easily rush into the city? ”

Guo Ye waved his hand, and everyone fell silent.

Guo Ye said: "If we attack hard, we will definitely be able to take down Kaifeng Mansion, but casualties cannot be avoided, the Taiping Army is different from the Twist Bandits, and also different from the Green Battalion, they have a strict organization, as well as faith, once the war starts, even if it encounters defeat, it will not collapse in a short time, at a critical time, if we are bitten by the Twist Army cavalry again, then we will not be able to commit ......"

Gao Qi replied: "Then we will deal with the cavalry of the Twist Army first, find the traces of the Twist Army, and take the initiative to attack!" Even if you can't wipe them all out in one fell swoop, it's still not difficult to inflict heavy damage on them. ”

Guo Ye's eyes narrowed, and he said: "Okay, either we don't fight, if we want to fight, then the battle will be settled, the cavalry of the Twist Army cruising left and right is too uncomfortable, we must solve them all!" ”

This sentence, even Gao Qi made a difficulty, and solved it all? Easier said than done! People are cavalry, cavalry! Where is it as easy as you think?

Gao Qi twisted his head and asked, "Big brother, I want to solve it all, but it's difficult, do you have any good solution?" ”

"Nope! If so, I won't ask you! ”

Guo Ye said angrily.

He Qimou replied on the side: "Actually, Yezi, you don't have to be too anxious, we just need to strengthen our vigilance now, don't give the cavalry of the Twist Army a chance to take advantage of it, and protect our transportation lines and artillery battalions, the rest is not to worry, if you can't take Kaifeng Mansion in one day, then two days, three days, even if it's ten days, one day we will take it down, and also, can't we still carry out a night attack?" Didn't Xinxiang just beat it down? ”

Guo Ye replied: "Big brother, first, I attacked Xinxiang Mansion at night, because I took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and caught them off guard; secondly, their forces were very small, and not enough to withstand the attack of three thousand cavalry; Third, without Lai Wenguang's pressure formation, their defense was very lax, and we took advantage. It's different now, our army is coming to the city, do you think there is still a twist army and the Taiping army at this time to be lazy and careless? Even if the people below want to be careless, Lai Wenguang's military law will not be merciful, and now they have strong troops, the entire Kaifeng Mansion City, no less than 40,000 troops, but we don't say what we can do, we only have more than 10,000 troops, and we have to compete with the Taiping Army later, if we can reduce casualties, we must try to avoid casualties, we can't afford to lose! ”

He Qimou spread his hands and replied, "Then I have no choice, what do you say?" ”

Guo Ye's eyes narrowed, and he replied slowly: "Wait, board for a few days, wait for our killer weapon to be delivered!" ”

(To be continued.) )