The largest firearms war in the Qing Dynasty was not initiated by Yang Meng, nor was it an old event in the Kangqian period, but was initiated by Zuo Muzi and Zeng Laojiu in Anqing.

Anqing, where Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Army, personally sits, gathered more than 20,000 Taiping troops, plus some believers, Shi Dakai's total strength around Anqing is also more than 60,000.

Shi Dakai ran Anqing, and the Jiujiang, Hukou is about the same, there are four major military villages outside the city, stationed in Anqing's east and west, north and south, each military village 2,000 Taiping Army, more than 10,000 strong men guarded, Shi Dakai led more than 10,000 Taiping Army and the people of Anqing, sitting in the city.

These four fortresses are definitely a great threat to the people who are besieging the city, and the corresponding Anqing at the beginning and end is like a turtle, making it difficult for Zuo Jigao and Zeng Laojiu to start.

The soldiers in Shi Dakai's hands don't make a move, Zeng Zuo and the two are even more so, Zeng Laojiu is only commanding two battalions of more than 5,000 soldiers, and the main force of Xiangyong is following Zeng Disheng, the eldest brother of the Zeng family, to suppress bandits in Jiangxi!

Although Zuo Jigao said that he brought the main force, there were only more than 10,000 people, and the remaining part of the people and horses had to open up the first line of Susong, Taihu Lake, and Tongcheng!

15,000 men and horses, plus the surrounding fragments of the green battalion generals, and more than 10,000 strong men attracted with military rations, there are only 30,000 people when they are full.

There must be a fortress and a wall to defend, and the elite soldiers who can really put into battle are only five or seven thousand, relying on five or seven thousand people, and they will fight hard to reach Anqing, which is defending. Obviously not a good idea.

And Shi Dakai, who is sitting in Anqing. I was not idle after being surrounded. The barracks are also spreading between the four major military villages, and over time, this Anqing is really not easy to attack.

The batch of Qing Demon Ordnance aided by the East King is definitely a good thing for Shi Dakai, there are as many people as there are weapons, look at the number of Qing Demons, in three or two months, I am afraid that Anqing will not be able to be captured. Once the Qing Demon leaks a flaw, it will be time for him to develop his power.

As long as it takes a month and a half, Anqing's combatable soldiers can increase by another 50,000 people, although the combat strength will be worse, but holding Anqing is nine out of ten.

In the Zuoji high camp outside Anqing City, there was a villain, not an outsider, it was Zeng Laojiu, who surrounded Anqing with him, and the reason why he called him a villain. There is a reason for it, and the reason is simple. It's that the left mule already knows Yang Laosan's intentions, and the siege of Anqing by this soldier is just a feint, and if it's serious, this thing can't be done.

If Yang Laosan really wants to fight Anqing, I'm afraid that the current Anqing has already fallen, the court is suspicious of Yang Laosan, Yang Laosan is bound not to make a big move against Anqing in the near future, relying on Xiangyong, Chu Yong and the green camp of the new group of the two lakes, it is not that there is no opportunity to go to Anqing, but this time will be pushed forward for at least two months, now! If you want to capture Anqing, there is still a lack of Yang Lao Sanshui Division's group training, that team, without the water division's group training, wants to capture today's Anqing, but it is not easy.

According to the news from Yang Laosan, recently in Anqing City, there are tens of thousands of more ordnance, Tongcheng, Anqing, Chizhou This area, the long-haired thieves and horses, even cats and dogs are counted as 100,000 people.

With only 30,000 horses, it is not easy to think about Anqing, which is heavily defended by long-haired thieves.

The soldiers surrounded Anqing, the plan is a good plan, the plan is a good plan, but unfortunately the response of the imperial court was slower, and it dragged on for two months, and the Xiang Rong soldiers of the Jiangnan battalion were defeated and died.

What is the Yang Butang behind him planning, the left mule can also guess a rough idea, and the matter of marching to besiege Anqing again in these years is nothing more than confrontation and army expansion.

The soldiers besieged Anqing and confronted the long-haired thieves, so that Jiujiang and the river project under construction could be safe; The expansion of the army is not the training of the naval division, but Xiang Yong and Chu Yong, Anqing has been unable to fight for a long time, and if you want to have results, you can only start with the expansion of the army.

Now the soldiers are besieging Anqing, and the siege is not Anqing, but the people and horses of the long-haired thieves in Anhui and Jiangxi, even if the main force of Xiangyong and Chu Yong still stays in Anhui and Jiangxi to fight, this number of people is also at a disadvantage compared with the long-haired thieves, and if you want to make contributions on the battlefield, in addition to withdrawing from Anqing, it is to expand the number of people.

Zeng Laojiu came over this time, presumably to join hands to fight Anqing, but now that the opportunity has been lost, if he fights Anqing again, he will ask for his own hardship, and if he can't work hard in vain, he will be punished by the imperial court.

But there are some things, and I have to do it when it comes to that part, the left mule went out of the military tent and saw Zeng Laojiu in a Taoist robe, and he was a little embarrassed in his heart, thinking that back then, he saw Zeng Laojiu, who was ten years younger than him, and he would call Brother Jiu respectfully! Now, he wants to call himself Ji Gong!

"Ji Gong! This Anqing has been surrounded for more than a month, do we also have to make a difference? ”

Looking at the high-spirited Zuo Jigao, Zeng Guoquan was also a little envious in his heart, he made Yuezhou Mansion, and this left mule in Xiangyin is making steady progress!

"Make a difference? Lao Jiu, the two of us are together, but there are only 30,000, how can we make a difference?

Let's go inside! ”

With a wave of his hand, Zeng Laojiu was put into the military tent, and before entering the tent, the left mule also said a meaningful word.

"Ji Gong, can't you let Yang Butang in Jiujiang help out? The eldest brother is fighting in Jiangxi, but I am resting in Anqing, Shi Dakai's army is building more and more, and I have also read the news from Yang Butang's side, and if I wait, I am afraid that I will not be able to surround Shi Dakai! ”

Zeng Guoquan was anxious, one was for military merit, but the most important thing was for his eldest brother Zeng Disheng, the war in Jiangxi has changed again in the past few days, Wei Changhui, the leader of the long-haired bandits, constantly launched an offensive against the eldest brother, although he barely blocked it, but Xiangyong has few people after all, I am afraid that once there is an omission, the eldest brother will be surrounded in Jiangxi again!

"The encirclement should be surrounded, and it will be done in the short term, but I am afraid that it is not certain.

Find the ministry for help, I'm afraid the ministry is also powerless! The matter of Anqing has continued to this day, if it is not for the coordination of the ministry, the soldiers will surround Anqing. It's just an extravagant hope.

The situation is now. Let's be on the safe side. Eagerly rushed to attack Anqing, I was afraid that Shi Da would open that gang and get the first opportunity for a counterattack! ”

Tongwei Anqing, Zuo Mule has some words, so he naturally wants to explain to Zeng Laojiu, this Anqing is not fought in a day or two, Shi Dakai has only suffered defeat in the hands of Yang Laosan. Now although it is curled up in the city of Anqing, there are clouds in the soldiers: those who are good at attacking, the enemy does not know what they are defending; Those who defend well, the enemy does not know what they are attacking.

Shi Dakai is obviously a person who is proficient in military morality, marching like an arrow, attacking and defending in one, this evaluation Shi Dakai deserves, Zeng Laojiu's words, the left mule touched the weakness of the two armies of Hunan and Chu, isn't it in Anhui and Jiangxi?

If Zeng Disheng's Xiangyong is in danger, can Zeng Laojiu not be saved? If his Chu Yong is in danger, can he still turn a deaf ear?

Although it is said that it is a siege of Anqing. But these 30,000 people can't surround Anqing, once there is a loophole. This besieging army of Anqing is afraid that it will follow in the footsteps of Xiang Rong.

"Ji Gong, having said that, we can't settle down in Anqing, right? Seeing Shi Dakai's house and keeping Anqing airtight, my heart is very tormented!

Yang Butang in Jiujiang, why can't he send troops to rescue? We don't want many people, 10,000 people come to help, it's enough to fight Anqing! ”

Zeng Laojiu is telling the truth, if Yang Laosan sends 10,000 troops, it is not yet known who will kill the deer on Anqing's side.

"Lao Jiu, you think about the United States, to tell you the truth, if you want the ministry to send troops to Anqing, I'm afraid it will be impossible within a year or two, if you want to get rescue troops from Yang Butang, surround it for a year!"

smiled bitterly, the left mule was also helpless, since the army surrounded Anqing, Yang Laosan was like a nobody, completely ignoring the situation in Anqing, this side is a stalemate, but he Yang Laosan is also the person in charge of Anqing's military affairs, not to say anything, a little too cautious.

"Out of suspicion?"

Although Zeng Laojiu had never been in officialdom before, he was clear about the way of officialdom, after listening to Zuo Jigao's words, Zeng Laojiu's face was also a little tight, think about it carefully, it's really true, it's not Anqing's side defeated, otherwise, it is not easy to let that Laoshizi Yang Butang in Jiujiang send troops.

"Right! If it weren't for Yang Butang's good scheduling, pointing to your 5,000 men and horses, and more than 10,000 people on my side, it would be not easy to encircle Anqing!

Now that the encirclement has been completed, he naturally wants to avoid suspicion, and the next thing is to look at our means.

Shi Dakai is also a skilled soldier, eager to capture Anqing, now I am afraid that I can only think about it, we can not spare many people, how to move, how to move, we have to carefully calculate.

If you fall for Shi Dakai's scheme, Xiangchu's reputation will be ruined in the hands of the two of us! ”

Yang Laosan's thoughts, Zuo Mule can also roughly guess that the situation of confrontation in Anqing is a good thing for the imperial court, and once the second army of Hunan and Chu is unfavorable in battle, it is bound to expand the army in Anqing.

The second army of Hunan and Chu is big in Anqing, and the object of the court's suspicion should be his Zuo Jigao and Jiangxi's Zeng Disheng, and at that time, I am afraid that it will be the time for him Yang Laosan to act.

"In this situation, we can't get in; Retreat, retreat. He Yang Butang just wants to avoid suspicion, and he should give some ideas, no matter what's going on?

Since he Yang Butang has the ingenious height of the soldiers surrounding Anqing, how can he not give an idea anymore? ”

The reason, Zeng Laojiu is clear, but it is not easy for Xiangyong to go all the way, and it is not that he Laojiu is thinking about meritorious service, it is really Shi Dakai in Anqing City who is too famous, this situation in Anqing, the more it is delayed, the more dangerous it is, the eldest brother has lost two games in a row in the hands of Shi Dakai, this third time, there must be some improvement, right?

Just like Zuo Jigao said, if Xiangchu is defeated in Anqing, it will be a shame for the two lakes.

"Idea? He Yang Butang can't hide now, and then give us an idea, I'm afraid that the court will take away his military power, in this world, if you have soldiers in your hands, you are a master, and if you don't have soldiers in your hands, don't say that you are a Qincha, even if you are a governor, you have to accept the eyes of the general soldiers.

He Yang Butang's meaning is very clear, he has already done the matter of encircling Anqing, the rest depends on our ability, if we have the ability, the credit is there, if we don't have the ability, it depends on his Yang Butang's ability! ”

Yang Laosan didn't care about it, Zuo Mule was also angry in his heart, he beat Anqing, it was better to beat Anqing sooner rather than later, it was better to hurry than to delay, Zeng Laojiu was right, if it was delayed, it would be difficult to fight in Anqing, and it was not a good idea to settle in Anqing.

"Alas...... The court is full of bullshit, and now at this time, we still have to treat dead horses as live horse doctors, ask Yang Butang! ”

Zeng Laojiu is not Zeng Disheng, Zeng Laojiu has some talent in leading troops to fight, and in the previous battle situation in Jiangxi, he took Luo Luoshan's plate, and he fought really well.

"Hmmm! That's all there is to it, let's give it a try? ”

Yang Laosan must have a trick in his heart to seize Anqing, and the left mule doesn't have to think about it, the strategy of encircling Anqing is from Yang Laosan's hands, and there are a lot of tricks.

After Zeng Zuo and the two of them discussed it properly, they immediately sent a battle report to Yang Meng in Jiujiang, and the meaning of the question was also very clear.

"Third master, how should we get back to Anqing?"

Xu Ziwei read the battle report to Yang Meng, and let this ugly man read the war report, which was really a bit disappointing, but the war report was urgent, and Yang Meng didn't have much to say if it was presented and which one read it.

"Decide for yourself! A considerable battle in Yuezhou! (To be continued......)