Li Yunzhong heard about this for the first time, and asked curiously: "What is the relationship between this Wang Ding and Lin Zexu, why do you want to commit suicide?" ”

Zhao Liewen looked at Zuo Zongtang and said: "These two people have a deep relationship with Mr., and Mr. must know the inside story, why don't you say it and let His Royal Highness King Han take it as a warning?" ”

Li Yunzhong looked at Zhao Liewen approvingly, he was really smart, provoking Zuo Zongtang's hatred for the imperial court, and Mr. would no longer have a fluke in the future, Li Yunzhong repeatedly sealed the official to Zuo Zongtang, and the official became bigger and bigger. But he all excused himself, saying that the time had not yet come, and it was clear that he still had illusions about the court.

Zuo Zongtang said hatefully: "Wei Shi's last words become eternal regrets, Jin Qing Qi died at the beginning, Lord Wang Ding is the teacher of his mentor Lin Zexu, ten years ago, Wang Dinggui was the Minister of Military Aircraft, because he persuaded the imperial court to start a war against Britain and France, he was sent to Henan to govern the river, and after returning to Beijing, he recommended ...... The teacher, who was humiliated by Mu Zhang'a, committed suicide in anger. ”

It turned out that Wang Ding was Zuo Zongtang's master, no wonder he was so angry.

Shi Dakai disguised himself as a businessman, came to Nanjing, found the Han Wangfu to report his identity, and was notified by the guards to Xu Yuexiang.

Xu Yuexiang didn't know Shi Dakai either, and when she heard that this person was from Sichuan, she asked Chen Yucheng to inform Li Yunzhong, who was holding a military meeting.

Shi Dakai had an impression of Chen Yucheng, who was closely following Li Yunzhong in Hunan, so he followed.

Chen Yucheng led Shi Dakai to the outside of the meeting, and he went in to report.

After a while, Li Yunzhong personally greeted him and said: "It turned out that the virtuous brother was here, and it just so happened that we were discussing how to attack the Jiangnan camp outside the city, and you also came to staff the staff." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Shi Dakai into the conference room.

I saw a big sand table in the middle of the conference room, the model above is the situation map around Nanjing, Shi Dakai saw this kind of sand table for the first time, and took a closer look at it with curiosity: in addition to the red flag in Nanjing, the city is densely packed with blue flags, needless to say, the red flag is the Han army, and the blue flag is the Qing demon.

Li Yunzhong introduced: "The Qing Demon has arranged seventy or eighty thousand people outside the city! Focus on the Xianhemen, Huangmaqun, Qingmaqun, Xiaolingwei, Xiaoshuiguan, Qiqiao Urn these several defenses, a total of more than 140 camps, the base camp is located in Xiaolingwei, you talk about how to uproot the Jiangnan camp? ”

Zuo Zongtang analyzed: "With only 20,000 or 30,000 people in the city, I'm afraid it's not enough, plus there are 10,000 people in Zhenjiang and more than 10,000 people in the Second Army in Yangzhou, so we can get nine out of ten." ”

Zhang Suimou looked at the sand table, turned his head and carefully looked at the map hanging on the wall, and suggested: "The reason why the Qing demon established the Jiangnan camp is to protect the Suchang area, it is better to order the Seventh Army of Anhui to attack Lishui and Jurong counties from Wuhu, so that Huzhou, Suzhou, and Changzhou are all under the front of the Seventh Army, and Xiang Rong must send heavy troops to intercept it, so that the Jiangnan camp will be empty inside, and our army will have the elite of Chaoyang Gate to attack Xiaolingwei, and Xiang Rong will be captured." ”

Shi Dakai couldn't help but nod his head again and again, and couldn't help sighing: It seems that it is not a fluke that the King of Han defeated Jiangnan, and there are many virtuous ministers and good generals under his command, which makes Zhang Suimou's eyes seem to be blind, but he didn't expect to be reused by the King of Han.

Jiao Liang called out a clever plan, and sighed again: "It is still the Han King who is wise, paralyzing Xiang Rong, so that he will continue to move the camp forward, and now he dares to camp in Xiaolingwei, five miles away from the city gate of Nanjing, it is really a dead end." ”

Li Yunzhong pointed to a place on the sand table and said: "Let the first army take a boat to the south, get off the boat at Yanziji and feint to attack Xianhemen, the main force to camp in the area of the Yellow Horse Group in the north, the third army from the Taiping Gate to attack the Qing Demon stationed in Jiuhua Mountain and Dragon Neck, and then ambush in the Linggu Temple at the foot of the mountain, the Qing army will inevitably attack the Yellow Horse Group from the nearest Qingma group, and the third army will sneak attack the empty Qingma group to block the Qing Demon's reinforcements, so that the Jiangnan camp will be divided into two halves, and the head and tail can not care about each other." ”

Meng Sheng said: "It's just that Su Sanniang, the commander of the First Army, is already a princess, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go into battle in person!" Or send someone else to command the First Army"

Since Meng Shengsheng was deprived of military power and served as the nominal governor of Jiangsu, he has always wanted to take charge of the army again to attack Suzhou, because the seat of the governor of Jiangsu is set in Suzhou.

Li Yunzhong has always wanted Zuo Zongtang to be the commander of the First Army, and subconsciously turned his eyes to him, but saw that Zuo Zongtang was secretly looking at Shi Dakai.

Immediately, he said: "The first army is temporarily commanded by the Wing King Shi Dakai. ”

Shi Dakai hurriedly excused himself and said: "I am shallow in my ability, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do it." ”

"Although the virtuous brother is young, he has experienced a hundred battles, and the Qing demon is afraid of fighting with your troops, so he gave him the nickname 'Shi Dangdang', and it is more than enough to command 10,000 people in the first army." Li Yunzhong said with a smile

Shi Dakai secretly thought to himself: This time I came to Nanjing to ask for help, it is better to send a few favors first, and you can also observe the strength of the Han army nearby, and said: "In this case, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

Li Yunzhong said to Li Xiucheng and Li Chunfa again: "You two must obey the command of the Wing King, and you must not slack off." ”

The two also knew that this battle was related to the future of the Han Kingdom, so they both bowed down and said, "Obey." ”

Xiaoling Wei Jiangnan camp

Xiang Rong always has a feeling of fear today, the Han army in Nanjing has been attacking frequently recently, and it must be testing the reality of the camps everywhere, but the Han army has no movement today, is the big war coming? He called the soldiers to convene the generals above the general of the Jiangnan battalion to discuss.

Zhang Guoliang was the first to arrive at Xiaolingwei, and in the past two years, he has been promoted as the chief soldier because he has followed Xiang Rong closely, which makes Zhang Guoliang even more grateful to Xiang Rong and obeys his orders.

Half an hour later, the general soldier Hu Songlin, the commander Yu Wanqing, the governor of Jiangsu, Jir Ahang, the general soldier Pan An, Wang Jun, the governor of Jiangnan He Chun, the assistant Changgui, the new Jiangning general Fuxing, the general De'an and others came one after another.

Xiang Rong saw that the people had arrived, and said straight to the point: "Our army has successively sent troops to attack Zhenjiang, Wuhu, and Ningguo, and the thieves in Nanjing City finally can't sit still, I'm afraid that a decisive battle is inevitable." ”

Since Xiang Rong established the Jiangnan camp, the Han army in Nanjing turned a blind eye, and the base camp gradually went west from the Gaozi town in the west of Zhenjiang, until now Xiaolingwei, and the Han troops stationed along the way retreated to the city, which made a group of governors think that the thieves did not dare to fight, if it were not for Xiang Rong's repeated blockades, I am afraid that many people would have attacked Nanjing in an all-round way.

Because of the loss of Zhenjiang, Gilhanga was demoted by Xianfeng to three levels and retained, and he never forgot to conquer Zhenjiang to make up for his mistakes, and immediately said: "Lord Qincha, it is better for us to strike first, the last general is willing to lead the men and horses of the headquarters to attack Zhenjiang, and the thieves will inevitably send reinforcements, so that the initiative is in our hands." ”

Zhang Guoliang retorted: "It is better to be still than to be still, our army is not as good as a strong wall, sit back and wait for the anti-thieves to attack, after a long time, the anti-thieves will definitely be frustrated and return, and our army will pursue along the rear, and it will be a great victory." ”

He didn't think that the Han army in the city did not dare to go out of the city to fight, but should have recuperated and waited for a thunderous blow to chase him from Guangxi to Jiangnan, so that his understanding of the Han army was better than others.

Jiangning General Fuxing especially hopes to conquer Nanjing, so that he can live up to his name, otherwise what is the difference between nesting in the Jiangnan camp every day and a group of generals and guerrillas, and immediately said impassionedly: "The Holy Lord has repeatedly urged us to attack Nanjing, and if we delay it again, I am afraid that we will not be able to afford to blame it then, so it is better to transfer the defenders in Nanjing as much as possible as the governor said, and we will storm Nanjing again!" ”