Xiang Rong's defeat is a foregone conclusion, after more than a month of rest, Shi Dakai's men and horses moved, during this time, the main purpose is not to rest for the army, the main task of the Taiping army is to raise grain and grass.

The great drought along the Yangtze River had little impact on the officers and troops, but it had a great impact on the Taiping Army; in Tianjing City, there were already many people and little grain, and many places along the Yangtze River were the food sources of the Taiping Army.

Breaking the Jiangbei camp, Yang Xiuqing also has an examination school in this area, three years of siege, Zhenjiang City is extremely short of food, and the siege of Jiangbei camp, so that Zhenjiang is extremely inconvenient to raise grain, a drought along the river, this Zhenjiang City has no food, basically about to become a dead city.

However, the location of Zhenjiang is important, and it can be said that it is the gateway for the Taiping army to enter Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the east.

At this time, Xiang Rong made a foolish feint to make trouble, and Yang Xiuqing hit the idea of food on the two major camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, both of which have grain in stock, although it is not much, but it can also solve the urgent need.

After the Taiping army broke the camp in Jiangbei, the first thing after the first battle in Yangzhou and occupied Yangzhou was to raise food, Xiang Rong could be stable for more than a month, not that he guarded Xiang Rong well, but the Taiping army, there was no time to clean him up, they were busy raising food!

One month is enough for the Taiping army to raise a large amount of food, plus the military resources and ordnance of the Jiangbei battalion, and it is reasonable to have a short rest.

Cleaning up Xiangrong is still the protagonist of Shi Dakai's singing, dividing troops and defeating is Shi Dakai's main strategy.

Hit Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps. When Shi Dakai first formulated a strategy. It's also a rout. The war of annihilation was not impossible to fight with the Taiping army's superiority in Tianjing, but once it was fought in this way, the war would inevitably be protracted.

The siege of the two battalions in Jiangnan and Jiangbei outweighed the losses, and once the heavenly soldiers collapsed under the Tianjing City, the blow to the morale of the army was also ruinous, not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't.

Settle for less. Shi Dakai could only target the defeat of the Qing Demon and plunder the military resources and ordnance of the two battalions.

Lishui, the main road from Tianjing into Su Chang Erzhou, this is a place that cannot be lost for Xiang Rong, Shi Da opened his voice to attack the west, Xiang Rong is not unaware, but Lishui cannot be lost, once Lishui is lost, this Su Chang Erzhou is also the bag of the long-haired thief.

The purpose of the establishment of the Jiangnan camp is to prevent long-haired thieves from entering Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Let's talk about it in detail, this Jiangnan camp. It is the gateway of Suzhou and Changzhou, once Suzhou and Changzhou are lost, even if they hold the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial court will not be able to spare him Xiangrong.

There is also a piece that once the two states of Su Chang are lost, the Jiangnan camp will also fall into the encirclement of long-haired thieves.

Knowing that he would be defeated, but Xiang Rong also had the intention of fighting to the death, the main force of the Jiangbei camp was not lost, if he seized the time to rest, Tuo Ming'a crossed Yangzhou and came to rescue him, this Jiangnan camp could not be preserved.

Dead horses as live horse doctors, at this time rather than sit and wait to die, it is better to fight to the death, once it is done, not only can you live, but also the battle is amazing, it is really not possible, you can also take the opportunity to retreat, protect the people and horses in your hands, as long as there are soldiers in your hands, there is no chance of recovery.

As for whether this Tuo Ming Ah is worthy of being with him to be honored, this matter can only be determined by heaven, the only way out of the Jiangnan camp is this, you can live if you run out of the camp, rather than waiting for death, it is better to go out and survive.

This is the case with the Qing court, it's not that it can't be imagined but can't be done, Lin Zexu at the time of Emperor Daoguang, Zeng Guofan at the beginning of Xianfeng, their performances are all words of governing the country, why doesn't the court accept it?

The reason is also simple, the whole world is not the king's land! The Qing Dynasty also had a weakness, that is, the Manchu rule, most of the time the court was satisfied with the interests of a small number of people, once the Han ministers and Han soldiers were involved in military affairs, compared with the Manchu generals stationed in various places, there was a lot more suspicion.

To put it bluntly, Xiang Rong's actions are not to ensure that Su Chang Erzhou is not lost, but to ensure that his military horses are not lost.

He asked Ming'a to be unable to hold the Jiangbei camp and retreat, even if he was guilty, the court's treatment of him was to raise it high and fall gently, and he Xiang Rong lost the Jiangnan camp, I was afraid that he would be directly asked and beheaded.

Divide troops to intercept the long-haired thief's men and horses, this is a good reason, even if he loses, he can get rid of the imperial court, as for the military resources of the Jiangnan battalion, that is the things of the imperial court, and it is not Xiang Rong's private property, rather than burning it in advance to leave a word, it is better to leave it to the long-haired thief, maybe you can see the military resources and food in the camp, and the long-haired thief's offensive can be weakened!

The situation is not only clear to Yang Meng, Xiang Rong, who is guarding the Jiangnan camp, is not a fool, it has been four or five years since he chased and suppressed the long-haired thief all the way, and Xiang Rong, the victorious general, is not counted, but the evergreen tree in the military world, Xiang Rong is still the best to do!

Xiang Rong understood the situation, and the battle situation was decided, from Shi Dakai's march to Lishui on the 13th, to Xiang Rong's defeat and retreat to Danyang on the 21st, eight days of effort, and the Jiangnan camp was also lost.

Breaking the two battalions in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River, the Taiping Army in the war against the Qing court, the military strength reached its peak, the two battalions were broken, Yang Xiuqing also made a new deployment, Yiwang Shida entered the Anhui Governor, the North King Wei Changhui entered the Jiangxi Governor, the rookie Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng marched into Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Yang Fuqing and Yang Yiqing, who were originally in Anhui, returned to Tianjing.

The form of the four provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang is not optimistic, Zeng Disheng and Zuo Jigao are still blind in Anhui and Jiangxi, and the edict of the imperial court cannot be counted, if it is marched according to the arrangement of the imperial court, Xiang Yong and Chu Yong will also have to follow in the footsteps of the two battalions in Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

Yang Meng's second excerpt, the court still did not respond, but the statement was changed from renegotiation to deliberation, and the collapse of Xiang Rong's Jiangnan camp seemed to have touched the bottom line of the imperial court.

"Zhiqing, can you still send food from Jinghai?"

Throwing aside the excerpt that only approved two words, Yang Meng felt that it was time to put some pressure on the imperial court, although Zeng Zuo and the two of them had received an edict from the imperial court, and the content of the edict was the same as his excerpt. But not at the critical time. Yang Meng still didn't want to let Zeng Zuo's army. Frustrated in Anhui and Jiangxi.

"It's hard! A batch was stored nearby before, but Seng Lingqin repeatedly flooded Jinghai, and most of the tens of thousands of catties of grain had become moldy.

If you take the sea route, you can, but it is easy to be detected by the forts near Tianjin, and you can only rely on transporting grain at night, if there is no light. It is difficult to transport grain in large quantities. ”

Lin Ji Li in Jinghai is what Yang Meng has been paying attention to, the retreat road and grain road, Ding Taichen on the Guangzhou side, also sent people to explore dozens of times, although the sea route is hidden, but if you want to transport the remaining more than 10,000 people and horses of Lin Ji Li, you need at least thirty or forty sea ships.

If you use the sea to transport grain now, I am afraid that it will be easy to be detected by the imperial court, and once you have precautions at sea. If you want to calmly withdraw from the team of Lin Ji and Li, it will become difficult to enter the sky.

"Moldy? It's all about food. Let the people over there contact the three of them and let them fight Tianjin, it is a temptation, if the three of them are not easy to accept, let them fend for themselves! ”

After thinking about it, Yang Meng also gave an order, knowing that after repairing the contract, Lin Ji and Li also had a suitable place to go, but whether these three people could be obedient or not, they had to try, if the three of them were obedient this time, it would not be too difficult for Yang Meng to save them.

At first, Yang Meng planned to let them fight the capital, but after thinking about it carefully, he still gave up this idea, once Lin Ji Li defeated the Beijing Division, this Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would not be easy to control, for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Yang Meng had no superfluous thoughts except for extermination, such a cult-based Heavenly Kingdom, staying would be the bane.

"If you use those moldy stored grains, it's very simple, just send a piece of paper."

"Hmmm! Then do it, let the people from Ziqi's shadow come over for a while, and you go and arrange the affairs of Lin Ji and Li. ”

With the people of reason, Wei Zhiqing still has this power, but there are some things, even Wei Zhiqing can't interfere, and the next thing Yang Meng wants to order is a secret matter.

After Wei Zhiqing went down, there was an additional middle-aged man in a silk robe on Yang Meng's side.

"Third Master!"

"Hmmm! Let your people pass the Taiping army's money and grain gathering place in Anhui and Jiangxi to Xiang Yong and Chu Yong, if within a month, Xiang Yong and Chu Yong are like a bamboo, then give some of the weaknesses of the two armies to the Taiping army, try not to let Xiang Yong and Chu Yong's main forces be damaged, if it is troublesome, what to do, do it!

Remember! Xiangyong is the point! ”

"Yes!"

For the left mule, Yang Meng should not have been like this, but his strategy of encircling Anqing was truthfully sent to the imperial court.

As for Zeng Disheng's side, if the money and food of the long-haired thief were not very attractive to him, it would not be difficult for Yang Meng to pit him once.

When marching and fighting, the most important thing is intelligence, and the intelligence of the official army and the Taiping army when they fought was very sluggish, and the reason why Yang Meng was able to win undefeated for a long time was that timely intelligence played a great role.

Presumably there is a shadow intervening, and he Yang Meng is enough to influence the battle situation in Anhui and Jiangxi.

The imperial court's vigilance against him is a normal move, whether it is a four-color stick or a devil six, or a military aircraft to suppress himself, Yang Meng really doesn't know, but thinking about it, this time the instructions should be done by the military aircraft in accordance with the convention.

As long as the situation between Jingshi and Jiangnan is tense, it will be difficult for the imperial court not to use itself.

Now that Shi Xianggong and Wei Changhui are stationed in Anhui and Jiangxi, I am afraid that Yang Xiuqing will also act in the near future, and the matter of encircling Anqing must be completed within three or five months.

Now in addition to looking at Lin Ji Li's reaction, Zeng Disheng and Zuo Mule's reaction, Yang Meng also has to pay attention to it, Zeng Disheng said that once Zuo Mule wants to go elsewhere, then this Chu Yong will fall apart.

In the next half a month, Shi Dakai was the first to realize the importance of Anqing, and the reason was simple, that is, Zuo Mule's big move, after receiving the edict of the imperial court, Zuo Mule changed his usual silent tactics and began to attack Shucheng with great fanfare.

The war between the official army and the Taiping army in Anhui has never stopped, and He Chun and Qin Dingsan have been leading the army to fight with the long-haired thieves.

Shucheng, Tongcheng, Huai'an, Qianshan, Taihu Lake, Susong area, has always been the place where the official army and the Taiping army fought fiercely, many county towns changed hands several times, whether it was the official army or the Taiping army, in the siege and defense of the city, have been tempered a lot.

Chu Yong, who had not been defeated by Zuo Jigao, was unfavorable in attacking Shucheng, so he immediately turned to Tongcheng and went straight to Anqing.

For the counterattack of the long-haired thief, Zuo Jigao's response strategy is to retreat, no matter whether he wins or loses, he retreats decisively, which is the strategy that Zuo Jigao came up with for the imperial court's edict.

Tong Guò Zuo Jigao's movements, combined with the battle report in Jiangxi, Shi Dakai is naturally easy to identify, Xiang Yong and Chu Yong, the two major opponents of the heavenly soldiers, jointly aimed at Anqing. (To be continued......)