Chapter 62: The Decisive Battle of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian (4)
After the division of troops, the units of the First Group Army quickly attacked Tianjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Third Army and the Second Army also hit the Ningbo area. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Hong Xiuquan, who has not had a good time in the past few years, not to mention the mood at this time, the civil strife in the past few years has almost exhausted the potential of the Taiping Army, first experienced the rebellion of Yang Xiuqing, and then Shi Dakai left with 200,000 elite negative spirits.
Hong Xiuquan immediately convened the newly sealed kings to discuss the military situation, before the national defense army attacked, the Taiping army had just experienced a big battle, the British king Chen Yucheng and the loyal king Li Xiucheng had just fallen to take Hangzhou, the Qing army was defeated, the Taiping army was also broken, Zhang Yuanzheng seized this opportunity, decisively ordered an attack, which caused such a situation.
Li Xiucheng, the king of loyalty, said: "Heavenly King, the current situation is very bad for us, the national defense army is attacking very fiercely, our army has lost a lot of places, and the Qing army in the north is also stepping up its harassment and attack on us, and we will become history if we don't fight." ”
Hong Xiuquan is now also awakened by the offensive momentum of the Wehrmacht, remembering his previous ideals and career as a horseman, it seems that the superior life has really consumed his will. At the same time, he lamented: "It's too late to repent, and the general trend has gone." ”
Hong Xiuquan used to be a hero, although time has worn out his will, but after all, Xiaoxiong is a hero, and Yu Wei is still there: "Xiucheng, withdraw all the men and horses to Tianjing, even if you die, you have to fight one last time." ”
The Taiping army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang began to withdraw to Tianjing, and the Wehrmacht felt very strange about this abnormal behavior of the Taiping Army, but the Wehrmacht did not hesitate, and the troops quickly rushed to the sky, basically just receiving the city, and the three group army commanders sent the situation back to Guangzhou, Zhang Yuanzheng took the telegram back, and was very puzzled in his heart, what the Taiping Army had in mind.
Zhang Yuanzheng immediately decided to go to Tianjing in person to see what Hong Xiuquan's intentions were, and found Yang Huaifang and Lin Gongshu before leaving: "Huaifang and Gongshu just sent a telegram from the front, except for some unexpected situations, I have to deal with it, and the matter in the rear will be handed over to you. Listening to Zhang Yuanzheng's words, Yang Huaifang also knew that this matter had been delayed for a long time.
Zhang Yuanzheng returned home and said goodbye to his wife and family: "Madam, you have to work hard for the affairs of the family, when I come back from the front line, I will do the matter of the little sister, you can prepare more at home, and you must also teach and teach these boys and daughters in the family, as a father, I am not a qualified father, all this depends on you." Zhang Yuanzheng said guiltily.
Hundreds of thousands of troops quickly surrounded the Taiping army in Tianjing from the periphery, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Yuanzheng to attack, Zhang Yuanzheng set off all the way from Guangzhou, and finally arrived at Tianjing, the three front-line commanders greeted him personally, and the command center: "How is the situation, what is the movement of the enemy army?" ”
"Marshal, it's very strange, a few days ago, the enemy troops in various places withdrew to Tianjing, and I don't know what the enemy is doing, yesterday our army officially completed the encirclement of the enemy in Tianjing." Wang Yong said.
Nie Shicheng got up and said: "Dashuai, I think it is Hong Xiuquan who is making the last fight, although the ambition of this hero has been consumed by a luxurious life, but as a generation of heroes, in this case, I don't believe that he has not woken up yet." ”
Listening to Nie Shicheng's words, Zhang Yuanzheng felt that it was very reasonable, Hong Xiuquan was also a person with great wisdom, and his will was also very firm, in fact, Zhang Yuanzheng himself admired Hong Xiuquan, although both of them were enemies.