Because Mojia Village and Mojiagang are also very important to Li Yongji now, after all, the submarines are here, and there must be no mistakes, so Li Yongji did not immediately return to the base camp of the Jingwu Army in Qingpu County, but made some arrangements.

To put it simply, Li Yongji asked the soldiers of the guard battalion to leave all the Colt Navy revolvers and ammunition that they had with them, and at the same time asked for 300 Sharps rifles and 30,000 rounds of ammunition from Zhang Xinda, which were also left to the people of Mojia Village.

Zhang Xinda's 300 Sharps rifles and ammunition were originally produced in Zhang Xinda's factory, so they were all ready-made new guns, and it was easy to get them. However, these people from Mojia Village had never used this kind of rear-loading guns before, so Li Yongji also specially selected 100 people from the guard battalion to stay as instructors, so that they could teach the people of Mojia Village how to use these guns, and by the way, they also participated in the local defense.

Originally, Li Yongji thought that everyone was unhappy, but who knew that as soon as he said that he would pick a hundred people to stay as instructors, these people in the guard battalion were all vying to stay.

Later, I inquired and learned that during the days when Li Yongji stayed in Mojia Village to train divers, these young and strong soldiers of the guard battalion also got along happily with the local women, and many of them had a private agreement for life.

Think about it, the members of Li Yongji's guard battalion are all young men under the age of 25, and Mojia Village is mainly women, and most of them are young women.

For this kind of thing, Li Yongji has always been natural, as long as it does not affect his own work, after all, young people also have seven emotions and six desires, and it is not enough to suppress them alone.

Since this is the case, then those who remain are given priority to those soldiers who have some relationship with the local women, so that everyone is happy.

However, when the members of the female frog special combat team heard that Li Yongji was leaving, they had just made a great contribution, and they had a good relationship with Li Yongji before, and they also shouted that they would go with them to send out the bandits.

After a while, on June 9, Li Yongji set off again and led his troops back to the base camp of the Jingwu Army.

As soon as he returned to the base camp of the Jingwu Army, he found that the atmosphere here was quite tense, and Li Yongji did not talk nonsense, and directly summoned Zhang Wei and other senior officers for an operational meeting.

At the meeting, Zhang Wei, as the chief of staff, first reintroduced the newly collected intelligence, so that everyone had a clearer understanding of the current situation.

According to Zhang Wei's introduction, in the battle of the Jiangnan camp, the Qing army was not defeated by ordinary misery, it was simply the annihilation of the whole army, and it was fought a war of annihilation!

Specifically, although the Taiping Army launched the attack one month later than in history, it was precisely because of the one-month delay that it was more fully prepared, and the troops participating in the attack on the Jiangnan camp almost brought together the essence of the Taiping Army, and the number of troops alone was claimed to be 200,000, and in fact, according to the predictions of the intelligence officers at the front, there were at least about 130,000.

And this battle, the Taiping army was different from the battle in history, did not forget to set up an ambush on the route of the Qing army's defeat in advance, but successively used three troops to set up three ambushes, and when the Qing army began to retreat in a comprehensive way, the three Taiping troops who fought in ambush blocked the road, and as a result, a large number of Qing troops were wrapped in dumplings, most of which obediently surrendered, and there was not much resistance at all, only a small number broke through.

In the process of breaking through, the commander and Chun also unfortunately died, and only a few generals such as Zhang Guoliang led less than 3,000 remnants of the defeated generals, retreated safely to Zhenjiang, and continued to recruit defeated soldiers, preparing to establish a new defense line.

It's a pity that according to the current situation, Zhang Wei doesn't think that the Qing army in Zhenjiang can stop the Taiping army, the Taiping army is just winning too beautifully, and is eager to digest the fruits of victory, especially to find a way to deal with the surrender of the Qing army, there is no time to pay attention to Zhang Guoliang for the time being, once he comes to his senses, Zhenjiang will inevitably not be able to stop the Taiping army.

Not to mention Zhenjiang, Zhang Wei estimated that if the Taiping army was ruthless, even if it was Changzhou, Suzhou, and even Songjiang Mansion in the back, they would not be able to stop it, and in the end, they would have to go out with their elite army.

In short, after listening to this information, Li Yongji knew that compared with the Second Battle of Breaking the Jiangnan Camp that he knew, which was a rout, this was a more beautiful battle of annihilation. After this battle, almost all the living forces of the Qing army in the entire Jiangnan camp were annihilated, of which at least 50,000 Qing soldiers surrendered, and only about 20,000 Qing troops fled, and the number of people who really killed the enemy was only more than 3,000.

In other words, in this belated Taiping Army's Second Battle of Breaking the Jiangnan Camp, the Taiping Army's results were greater, and the consequences were more severe, which also led to the expansion of the Taiping Army's strength even more.

Although it will take some time for the Taiping army to reorganize its ranks just after the battle ended, it is believed that it will not be long before the Taiping army will sweep the entire Jiangnan with a great victory.

Because the strength of the Taiping army is stronger, the strength of the Qing army is weaker, and the main force of the foreigner army in Shanghai has also been blown up by himself with special operations, in this way, the only one in the Jiangnan region who can resist the attack of the Taiping army is probably his own elite army!

Although this has always been the result that Li Yongji wants, he is also a little numb when he thinks that he may have to face the attack of hundreds of thousands of Taiping troops at that time.

"So my plan is that the whole army will be dispatched, all of them will go to Suzhou, set up defenses in Suzhou City, and use the city wall of Suzhou City to block the attack of the Taiping army." Zhang Wei said this, pointing to the large deputy map on the wall, "Look, we Qingpu here is not in danger to defend, and this is our base camp, whether it is the families of our soldiers or the property of adults, almost all of them are here, so Qingpu City must not be lost, nor can it be disturbed by war."

That's why I went out to Suzhou to defend myself, which has the advantage of keeping the battlefield out and preventing the flames of war from reaching Qingpu County.

Whether it is the geographical location of Suzhou City, or its own prosperity, it can definitely attract the attention of the Taiping Army, and the Taiping Army will not give up the city of Suzhou if they say anything, so Suzhou is their must-attack place, we are under the city of Suzhou, using our firepower, and they will fight a defensive battle! ”

"Defensive battles?" It was Wang Sanwu who answered, and at present, he was the only one who could directly talk to Zhang Wei's peers at the meeting, "Lao Zhang, the idea of defensive warfare is good, but have you thought about it, the Taiping army may come this time, it may exceed 100,000 people, and it may even be 200,000 people." You said that we should go to Suzhou to set up defenses, but what if they can't see that they can't defeat it, leave a part of the troops to continue to besiege Suzhou, and send another army of troops and horses to bypass Suzhou City and directly attack Qingpu County? Our food, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition seem to be all here, right? Our army relies heavily on firearms, and once they run out of ammunition, they are no better than burning sticks. ”

"Burning sticks? Do burning sticks have bayonets? ”

"No matter how good the bayonet is, it can't compare to the number of people, right?"

"So what do you say?" Zhang Wei frowned, "Do you want to defend here?" But we have too few people, in case the Taiping army breaks through Suzhou and seizes Suzhou's grain and grass, it will be even more out of control. Even if we go to Qingpu County to defend, we can only defend the city, what about the families of the soldiers scattered in various villages and towns outside? Can you guarantee that the Taiping Army will not harm the families of our soldiers? And when we soldiers know that their families have been arrested, can they still guarantee their morale? ”

"We can evacuate early." Wang Sanwu arrived, "Let our soldiers' families retreat to Qingpu County, and collect grain and grass in advance." As long as everyone goes to the city, it doesn't matter. With the combat effectiveness of our elite army, if we rely on the city to defend, let alone 100,000, even 300,000 or 500,000, I am not afraid at all. ”

"But how do you say that all the families of the soldiers should be brought into the city?" Zhang Wei said, "Not all of us are easy to talk to, and most of the soldiers of our Jingwu Army are native to their hometowns, and many of them have their own fields and houses outside, so they may not be willing to give up these and go to the city with us." Not to mention the families of those soldiers, even our adults have a lot of industries outside the city, not to mention the high-yield experimental fields, as well as those new brick kiln factories, cement factories, furniture factories, small reservoirs and other projects have also been built. If you give it up, you're going to spoil it! ”

"It can't be helped, after all, it's a war." Wang Sanwu pouted, "The fields can't be taken away, we will plant after the grain is destroyed, and the factories will be destroyed, we can also rebuild them later, as long as we bring those equipment back, anyway, the most expensive thing in those factories is those foreign equipment, isn't it." ”

"But in this way, our losses are too great." Zhang Wei said, "What's more, Qingpu County is not big, and it can't be compared with Suzhou City......"

"That's better!" Wang Sanwu interrupted Zhang Wei's words, "We have a small number of people, and it is easier to mobilize to defend the small city. We have more firepower, but the city is too big for us to defend, and the city is smaller, and the defensive surface is smaller, which is more conducive to our defensive operations, isn't it?

Lao Zhang, I know what you mean, but we are all local people, and defending our hometown will inevitably share the same hatred, but if you go to Suzhou, there are many people in Suzhou over there, and the situation is more complicated. Rushing to Suzhou, I am afraid that we will soon be used as guns by others, but here, we have the final say on everything, and we can play freely, so that in the face of the Taiping Army, the winning chance can be greater. ”

"And what about our horses?" Zhang Wei said, "We have all arrived in Qingpu County, where are so many horses?" If we put it all in the city, the consumption will be too great, and we will lose all our mobility.

If you want me to say, we should go to Suzhou, and after going to Suzhou, we will not enter the city, but build a separate camp outside Suzhou, so that we can form horns with Suzhou City, so that we can use our mobility and field capabilities. No matter how many people there are in the Taiping army, they are basically infantry, and even if there is a little cavalry, they are all inferior horses, which cannot be compared with our oceanic horses, and they will definitely not be able to keep up with our speed.

So, if we can't defeat the Taipings, it's still okay to run, and if they dare to chase us, we can drag them down in maneuver and then go back and fight again. ”

"It's a nice thing to say, but that's tantamount to risking the whole army." Wang Sanwu shook his head, "Our combat effectiveness is very strong, but there are too many variables in the field of the marching army, even if we have more horses and stronger mobility, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents." Defending the city wholeheartedly, we can give full play to our firepower advantage, but if we go out of the city to fight, the situation is not easy to say. In case we are surrounded when we go out of the city to fight, then it will be useless for you to be strong. ”

"How do you ...... Forget it, I won't tell you! Zhang Wei turned his head angrily, looked at Li Yongji, who was looking at the map with all his heart, and hugged his fist first, "My lord, what do you think?" ”

"I mean." Li Yongji tapped his fingers on the table, "Wait! ”

"Wait?" Zhang Wei was surprised.

"Yes, wait!" Li Yongji smiled, "Defending the city is too passive, which is equivalent to putting the initiative in the hands of others, which is not the style of our elite army, and it is not conducive to us to exert our full strength." Therefore, we have to wait for Li Xiucheng to conquer Suzhou City and enter Suzhou City, and then we will take the initiative to attack Suzhou City where Li Xiucheng is sitting! ”

"Hit Suzhou where Li Xiucheng is seated?"

"That's right!" Li Yongji glanced at everyone, "Although our numbers are small, our firepower and mobility are much stronger than those of the other party, and we are facing the peace...... Bandits, we can definitely be invincible in the field. Therefore, we must make good use of our advantages, grasp the initiative on the battlefield, attack the enemy and save them, and let them defend, which is called the location of the battle is determined by us! ”

"That's a good idea!" Wang Sanwu suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "In this way, they are all busy defending their loyal king in Suzhou City, so they can only follow our footsteps and fight a decisive battle with us under Suzhou City, and they will no longer have the opportunity to give full play to their military superiority, nor will they divide their troops to wreak havoc on our Qingpu!" Hahaha, okay, this plan is good, let's go beat people, not let others beat me, happy! I like the idea, so let's do it! ”