"Target, Zhangpu!"

A few days after taking Yunxiao, Yan Sanniang flicked her white jade finger and pointed to the next target on the sand table.

After the Yunxiao incident, Yan Sanniang's biggest gain is to know how to weigh public and private, and learn to find a way to get both. Liang Boyan's wife's family is in the clouds, and she saved this family, and she also feels that she has made up for a lot of debts to Liang Boyan. But at the same time, she also took the clouds, saved thousands of women and children, and saved the follow-up casualties of the Eagle Yang Army, killing three birds with one stone.

Her subordinates complained very much about her personal involvement, and she knew very well that the rush to advance to the front line of Zhangpu now was also related to this matter.

Why is that?

Because these guys are definitely going to hit her little report! She can imagine that her husband will definitely tilt his nose when he hears that he is as reckless and losing the limelight as before! Maybe the twelve gold medals that will be sent to her as a patrol envoy and recruit her back to Guangzhou to be convicted are on the way. That guy started a real fire, and it was very scary, thinking of this, Yan Sanniang's back was sweating, and her legs and stomach were a little weak.

Yan Sanniang is a hot surname who is in a hurry and it is difficult to take care of herself, now that the matter has been done, it is useless to regret it, hurry up and push the battle line forward, maybe it can delay time and eliminate that guy's anger, anyway, Zhangpu is the boundary line set by Li Xian before, and her move is not a violation.

"Zhangpu ...... It's not easy to fight, there is such a saying in Fujian, saying...... Putian has literature, Zhangpu has martial arts, and the counties are all supplemented, and the top is like soil. In the past, against the Zheng family in Taiwan, the sailors and green battalions of the Qing court relied heavily on the Zhangpu soldiers, and the She people in Zhangpu were even more brave and good at fighting. Thousands of people from Zhangpu are all over Fujian and Zhejiang, and there are countless wanderers, and the Lanli family is one of them. I heard that this veteran may also come out and serve as the main general of the East Road to conquer our Yinghua New Dynasty. ”

Xiao Sheng vaguely saw through Yan Sanniang's thoughts, and his words were half emotional and half persuasive.

"Yes, the Qing court issued a people's courage order a year ago, so that the prefectures and counties adjacent to our Yinghua will be brave in large groups. Zhangpu has always been martial, and this order may not be able to gather tens of thousands of people in the local area. Even if we have sharp guns and really fight, maybe we will have to be in the same situation as the clouds. The clouds can still fall, and Zhangpu will not be able to settle down if it is not white. ”

Fang Youxin did not directly object, but the meaning of the words could not be more obvious.

Yan Sanniang pouted, and said in her heart that these two guys must have already made a small report, waiting for her to be arrested and returned to Guangzhou.

But she didn't just fight Zhangpu for selfishness, she studied carefully with Wu Ya and other generals of the Eagle Yang Army, which was a military need.

At present, the enemy of the Anglo-Chinese Army on the east road is still those three forces, and Zhang Wenhuan's remnants of Guangdong have retreated to Tingzhou at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian. This group of troops "turned to war" all the way from Huizhou, Guangdong, and resolutely did not confront the British and Chinese troops head-on, so they had no scruples at all. The other was Shi Shibiu's Fujian Naval Division, which was suppressed by Xiao Sheng's navy, and Shi Shibiu's fleet retreating to Penghu was powerless to threaten the flanks of the Yingyang Army from the sea, which was negligible. However, Shi Shibiao still left two or three thousand marines in Zhangpu, because it was the hometown of many green battalion soldiers stationed in Taiwan.

The third force is the Fujian Green Battalion of Mu Tingtong, the governor of Fujian land, with nearly 10,000 people, complete structure, and considerable combat power, and is defending the Zhangzhou capital city after Zhangpu.

But these three enemy forces were not the main force, but only the ranger reconnaissance posts before the battle between the two armies. Yin Tebu sat in Zhejiang to dispatch troops, and it is estimated that the total number of hundreds of thousands of green battalion troops is gradually taking shape.

If Zhangpu is captured, it will not only further weaken the connection between Taiwan and Fujian, but also threaten the major node of Zhangzhou's capital city. If the eastern front of the anti-encirclement and suppression battlefield in the future is only in the clouds, then the mobilization and deployment of Qing troops, as well as the small node of Zhangpu in front of the shelter and cover, will be advantageous to the enemy army, but our army will be disadvantaged.

Relying on Zhangpu, the Qing soldiers can also contact Penghu and Taiwan from Gulei, and if they get Zhangpu, this line can also be pinched in their hands, and then the Qing soldiers can only go to Taiwan from Xiamen and other places, not to mention the great painstaking and long routes, and it is easy to be cut off by the Anglo-Chinese navy.

But Xiao Sheng would rather not have this benefit, he was purely selfish. Although Yan Sanniang's act of subduing Yunxiao was very admirable, it still scared him again and again, if there was a thief at that time, he raised his hand to be a shot, even if the steel armor could prevent bird guns, there would always be casualties, and he would not be able to explain to Li Xian at that time. Xiao Shengman was thinking, auntie, hurry back to Guangzhou...... Even if you can't go back for a while, you can't toss anymore.

It's not easy to say this openly, Xiao Sheng can only emphasize the difficulty of fighting Zhangpu, which can stimulate Wu Ya and other generals of the Eagle Yang Army, it's not easy to fight!? It's just that it's not easy to fight, so they are determined to fight. In the west, the Yulin Army fought a bloody battle in Wuzhou, defeating 50,000 Qing troops, and their Yingyang Army was doing demolition projects all the way. From Huizhou, Guangdong to Yunxiao, Fujian, except for Yunxiao, which was a little prickly, he never encountered any tough battles. The opponents were all green battalion tofu soldiers such as the Xieying Xuntang, and the casualties of the whole army were no more than 1,000. This achievement, compared with the Yulin Army and even the Long Xiang Army, is not on the table.

The Anglo-Chinese army is not as good as the ancient army, it is completely based on defeating how strong the enemy army is, not according to how much territory it occupies, Yan Sanniang wants to advance to Zhangpu, which is exactly what Wu Ya and others want.

"We occupy five counties and one hall in Fujian, and the people's hearts are still not complete, and if we continue to move forward, the rear is unstable."

Fang Youxin had to cry out bitterly, this problem finally attracted Yan Sanniang's attention, why is people's hearts not aligned?

The two counties of Zhao'an and Pinghe used to have close contacts with the Qingtian Company and the relevant businessmen of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, and by virtue of the relationship between the two parties, the control was quite effective, and the people's hearts were barely stable. But further north, in the three counties of Wuping, Shanghang, and Yongding, the Manchu government was driven away, but not many locals came forward to take over the responsibility of maintenance. The green camp flood pond system below has also been destroyed, and the Eagle Yang Army is so few people that it is impossible to disperse as garrisons, so now the governance of the three counties is chaotic, and bandits are everywhere.

Relying on the Eagle Yang Army still stationed nearby, the local social order can still be barely maintained, and there is no place for a large number of bandits to gain a foothold, if the front continues to push forward, it is difficult to imagine what the situation will be.

"This is your business of joining the army, what kind of county magistrate study class is opened by Ah Huan, isn't he also taking care of local affairs, I can't take care of ......"

Yan Sanniang rolled her eyes and played Laipi, Fang and Xin and Xiao Sheng glanced at each other, and smiled wordlessly.

said that she didn't care, but Yan Sanniang had to take care of it, and she had relevant experience in her hometown in Shaozhou before, so she used it casually. Let the Yingyang Army recruit Minzhuang in these counties and organize them into reserve battalions, organize those green battalion Xuntang soldiers who have lost their livelihood and are most likely to endanger the governance of the new dynasty, give them a temporary livelihood, and at the same time provide Ding Zhuang resources for Fang Youxin to form a local government. As for the money for temporarily raising these soldiers, let Fang Youxin have a headache.

Fang Youxin had no complaints, he was responsible for raising temporary military expenses and solving the miscellaneous military supplies along the way. He was also amazed that Yan Sanniang could think of this, saying that Yan Sanniang already had the ability to take charge of the military and politics all the way, but in Yan Sanniang's ears, she had another feeling, she was even more afraid, would Li Xian say that she exceeded her authority and interfered in politics?

Time flew by in Yan Sanniang's anxiety, at the beginning of February, the Eagle Yang Army approached Zhangpu, as Xiao Shengfang and the letter expected, the officials and people of Zhangpu were one, the resistance was extremely resolute, and soft means such as persuasion and persuasion were useless. Seeing that they were so obsessed, Yan Sanniang was also angry and demolished! Tear down the walls, tear down the houses! I demolished it all for my aunt and grandmother!

With the artillery wings of the military subordinates of the Yingyang Army, plus the two artillery wings of the Chilei Battalion assigned to the Yingyang Army, the eight-pound guns of each battalion were also on the battlefield, and the artillery wings of the Fubo Army, which had just been formed and were transferred by Zheng Yong to join in the fun and gain experience, seventy or eighty large and small artillery pieces rushed to work all night. What can be done with artillery, never on the infantry.

The sound of cannons is like thunder, the cannonballs are like rain, and Zhangpu is like the top of thunder. After three days of shelling, not only were all the houses outside the city wall flattened, but the city wall also collapsed countless sections. But Yan Sanniang did not let her subordinates rush to attack the city, but continued to bombard the city, wanting to drive the people, women and children in the city out of the county, so as to reduce the innocent casualties during the siege.

On 12 February, as the shelling continued, Yan Sanniang climbed onto the lookout of the artillery position, and across Nanxi, she used a telescope to observe the situation in Zhangpu County. I saw the bricks and tiles flying, the dust and smoke rising, and there was a burst of compassion in my heart.

"The so-called success of a general is not just that the general is ruthless, but that he can't help himself and must bear these lives."

Yan Sanniang sighed so emotionally, just this one, it seems to be contrary to a woman's surname.

"But how can there be fewer generals in the war? I'm not right, there's always someone else to be ......"

As usual, she continued to comfort herself.

Not far from her feet, the artillery thundered, and she saw the black cannonballs, falling into the city in a clearly visible arc, smashing up columns of smoke, which were the result of her order, as if painting on paper, waving her hand was a brilliant color scroll, and her heart jumped suddenly.

This feeling is really refreshing, and she has long dreamed of being able to cleanse the sinful earth with blood and fire with Li Xi and return the world to a bright future. Now with such power in her hand, not only does she not feel that she has fulfilled her wishes, but also has a sense of loss, because such a refreshing and happy feeling is just a flash in the pan, after fighting Zhangpu, she must stay by Li Xi's side and obediently play her role as a princess.

Some are unwilling...... Tasting the power contained in the thick cannon sound, thinking of the previous scene of subduing the Yunxiao defenders, Yan Sanniang suddenly felt that this was her stage. It is no longer difficult for her to prove herself with fists and feet, and this bloody battlefield is not exactly what she desires?

"Let's fight with Ah Yan again, I shouldn't be the commander all the way, and naturally I can't be Jia Hao Wu Ya's subordinate, I heard that the Fourth Army is preparing to build the army, how about fighting with him for control?"

Yan Sanniang's mind was about to move.

"I heard that the Heavenly King is preparing to build the Fourth Army, which one do you think the military horn will be? Shenwu or Tiger Ben? ”

"Maybe it's going to be a horse or a hussar."

"Yes, Imperial Court...... Oh, the Qing court encircled and suppressed the army to the south, and there must have been a lot of cavalry during it, but without a large formation of cavalry, it is difficult to resist. ”

Outside the artillery position, a group of officers with epaulettes and bronze stars chatted while observing the battle situation. Occasionally, soldiers passed by, all looking at them curiously. Wearing riding boots, with a golden ribbon on his shoulders, and a golden moire around the ring of his military cap, he looks like an officer. The officers are piled up, this is not surprising, the strange thing is that these people are all fresh faces, and what is even more strange is that these people are not young, and the contrast with those hairy young people who came out of the guard system is too great. You must know that the boss of their Eagle Yang Army, who controls Wu Ya, is only in his early twenties.

"In terms of guns, we are backwards, but in terms of war, when we were born and died, these guys were still nursing in swaddling clothes......"

was frequently watched by the officers and soldiers who came and went, and He Mengfeng finally became a little annoyed. These students, the students of the short-term training class of the Huangpu Martial Arts Academy, are about to graduate and take up their posts, and they are now being sent to the Yingyang Army for internship, just in time for the Yingyang Army to attack Zhangpu.

"The spirit is definitely not as good as these young people, but the king of heaven nodded and asked us to march into the army, just to use the heart surname that we can stabilize, and now, we have to be stable."

Xie Dingbei hurriedly spoke out to appease, He Mengfeng looked at the former Huguang Bid Battalion General, and said lightly, saying in his heart that his officers from the Guangzhou Military Standard are different from people like you. You were captured on the battlefield of Shaozhou, and we are righteous with the Heavenly King. You still put on the face of an advanced person, and criticize my unintentional words as a prison word, do you have that qualification...... Taking a closer look at the demeanor of these two people, Han Zaixing next to him smiled with a sigh, he really deserves to be a general of the green battalion, and he has not officially entered the army, so this is a faction. In the past, the habits of the court were really unclean. It's not like people with the background of the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce, but they are innocent.

Zhang Yingliang Deguang stood farther away, looking at these "new generals" muttering, startled, quite like the countrymen entering the capital, they all shook their heads helplessly, these buns ......

(To be continued)