Long Kaisheng and Zhang Suimou looked at Shi Dakai in surprise, they had never seen Shi Dakai like this!

Shi Dakai continued: "Okay, it's useless to say anything now, the most important thing is that we have to be fully prepared, if we are not ready ourselves, even if the Qing Demon is easy to deal with, we will suffer a big loss, where is the Qing Demon now?" ”

Zhang Suimou replied: "The news that our scouts brought back, Guo Ye's main army had left Yingzhou four days ago, and now it should have passed Yingshang and arrived in Fengtai. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Fengtai?"

Shi Dakai came to the map hanging on the wall, and carefully observed, a big river, from Fengtai to Huainan - Huai River!

This is the Huai River Basin, but also the dividing line between the south and the north, from Yingzhou to Fengtai, the Qing army must have gone by water, through the Huai River, towards Huainan, I am afraid that it will not take a few days, you can go straight down the river, straight to Huainan Mansion!

"Lord Wang, from Fengtai to our Huainan, there should be more than 300 miles away, the Qing army carries a large number of artillery, extremely heavy, the marching speed must not be very fast, I think the fastest speed, it will take more than eight days to be able to reach Huainan City, these eight or nine days are enough for us to calmly deploy defenses......"

Zhang replied.

Shi Dakai glanced at Zhang Suimou and said indifferently: "Eight or nine days? Hehe, but I think that the Qing army will definitely be able to reach Huainan within five days! Otherwise, let's make a bet? ”

Two people were shocked, five days? That's too fast, isn't it? From Yingzhou to Huainan, there is at least a distance of 500 miles, according to the daily marching speed of the army, 30 miles a day, it takes half a month to travel, if more, it may take 20 days, after all, the southern rivers are dense, the Qing army is the northern army, the water and soil are not adapted, and it is very rare to want to march quickly.

"You only thought about them marching by land, but you never thought about this Qinhuai River? The Qinhuai River is wide, the water depth is mostly more than two zhang, and the deepest depth can even be as high as six or seven zhang, what kind of boat can't go? Even the warships of foreign devils can sail unimpeded, what if the Qing Demon marches along the Huai River? Straight down the river, you can travel more than fifty-six or even sixty miles a day, there is no big problem, from Fengtai to Huainan, it is a city close to the Huai River, do you think they will be willing to seek the near and far? ”

Long Kaisheng scratched his head and replied: "Lord Wang, most of the current northern Anhui is still under our control, if the Qing army is going south along the Huai River, then what about the supplies when they arrive in Huainan?" Especially those ammunition, how did they get to the Huainan battlefield? We can sneak attack their logistical supplies at any time, as long as we cut off their baggage, the Qing army will be a turtle in an urn, and we can only let it be slaughtered, I don't think they dare to take this risk! ”

Shi Dakai nodded, sighed and replied: "Kaisheng, your consideration is only to transport the baggage from Shandong Henan to central Anhui by land, but don't forget, they have another way to choose......

"The Grand Canal! Lord, are you talking about the Grand Canal? ”

Zhang Suimou exclaimed.

"Yes, it's the Grand Canal! From Shandong to Suqian through Xuzhou, the Grand Canal from north to south, the Cao Yun developed, the Qing court also has a special Cao Yun Governor, maintained by the Green Battalion, the Qing Army's baggage can be transported directly to Hongze Lake through the Grand Canal, and then transferred to the central Anhui zone, although Anhui is controlled by us, but Northern Jiangsu is under the control of the Qing army, send an elite coastal protection, can pass through the Huai River, go upstream, the Qing army's baggage is very safe......"

Shi Dakai replied, "Guo Ye has always been known for his rapidity in the use of soldiers, even if the Twist Army has a large number of cavalry, they were all defeated by Guo Ye, because Guo Ye's elite troops are all powerful beyond imagination regardless of marching speed or combat power, which makes Zhang Zongyu suffer enough." Now that the Huai River only connects Fengtai and Huainan, if he doesn't use the Huai River to speed up the army, I will never believe it! ”

Zhang Suimou and Long Kaisheng looked at each other, five days, if the Qing army can really reach Huainan in five days, then it will really be troublesome, fortunately the Wing King came in time, otherwise, the two of them are still in the dark! At that time, five days later, the Qing army's divine soldiers descended from the sky and launched a thunderous offensive towards Huainan City, and the unprepared Taiping army would definitely be defeated.

Zhang Suimou swallowed a mouthful of spit with difficulty and asked, "Lord Wang, what should we do next?" ”

Shi Da laughed and said: "Since they want to be fast, then we can only fight-for-tat, we now want soldiers and generals, firearms, and a lot of firearms, so that we will not be intimidated by them. Order, mobilize our artillery battalion, on both sides of the Huai River ambush, they go straight downstream, then we will bombard the Huai River, inland, the ships they can collect, presumably not much, our foreign artillery is huge, those small wooden boats absolutely can't resist such artillery bombardment! ”

Long Kaisheng laughed and said: "Yes, that is, since they are going to the waterway, then we will let them be water ghosts!" Lord Wang, I suggest that we can break the artillery forward to the front lake, the front lake is low-lying, the lake is long and narrow, and the water and grass are dense all around, which is conducive to our concealment, once the Qing army enters in large numbers, it will definitely not be able to withdraw in a short time. We arranged artillery around the front lake, arranged three artillery battalions and dozens of artillery pieces in one go, and bombarded them in turns, so that they could only be beaten passively on the lake, and they would definitely not escape death! ”

When Zhang Suimou heard this, his spirit was shocked, and he shouted: "Lord Wang, that's it, we will also fight them in an ambush!" This group of Qing demons has not been less ambushed by our Twist Army and the Taiping Army! ”

Shi Dakai nodded and said: "Well, yes, let's arrange it like this, Kaisheng, this time you personally commanded, remember, to protect the safety of our artillery, we must not be raided by the Qing army, this Guo Ye is very powerful, and he is fighting with the Twist Army, but I don't see such a thing......"

Long Kaisheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as they dare to come, then I will definitely let them come and go!" It's time for the Qing Demon to learn how powerful our Taiping Army is! ”

Long Kaisheng was about to go down to deploy and mobilize the army, when a servant outside the door ran in: "King Qiyu Yi, an old man came from outside the yamen, claiming to be Dong Haichuan, asking to see you!" ”

Shi Dakai's spirit was shocked, and he said slowly: "Please let him in." So I will conspire and win, you two will go down and prepare, and I will meet this old friend and see what good news he has brought me. ”

(To be continued.) )