After this night, Xiao Yungui had no time to think about his despicable and dirty thoughts, and early the next morning, Yang Xiuqing came to the Miaofeng camp.

The Chenzhou Brigade of the Taiping Army went north to Changsha, taking the old path of Xiwang, along Youxian and Liling all the way to the north, in order to cover the family of the rear team, Liang Litai, the commander of the second army, led 3,000 men and horses.

At that time, most of the Qing army gathered in Hengzhou, guarding Hengyang Avenue, when the news of the Chenzhou Taiping Army Brigade successively opened to the north, the former minister Sai Shang'a had been locked by the Qing court and sent to Beijing to ask for the guilt, and Xu Guangjincai, the governor of Huguang and the minister of Qincha, who had just won the victory in Wuzhou, Guangxi, led the troops and horses to Hengzhou.

After hearing the report, Xu Guangjin was shocked, the Chenzhou Taiping Army Brigade was known as 80,000 people, once they went north and joined forces with the long-haired puppet Western King who captured Changsha, the thieves were bound to be even more prosperous. So Xu Guangjin ignored the opposition of Xiang Rong, Zhang Guoliang and other Qing army generals, and forcibly ordered all the troops to attack the Taiping army.

On the side of the Taiping army, Yang Xiuqing and others had already prepared, defeated the Qing army at Junshan north of Anren, and beheaded the Qing army's general army in Zhaotong Town, Yunnan, and the Qing army lost more than 800 troops. After the victory, Yang Xiuqing ordered the whole army to quickly move north. The 3,000 rear troops were left under the command of Liang Litai, who was in charge of the rear.

Xu Guangjin saw that the Taiping army had already taken precautions, and the sneak attack was not successful, so he had to follow the ideas of Xiang Rong, Zhang Guoliang and other generals, followed the Taiping army to regain lost territory, and attacked the rear of the Taiping army. This is Xiang Rong, Zhang Guoliang and others like to do the most, they chased all the way from Yong'an to Chenzhou, and recovered a lot of lost territory along the way, this military merit is not lost.

This time was no exception, Zhang Guoliang's troops followed the rear team of the Taiping Army to the north, recovered Anren, approached the rear team of the Taiping Army, and repeatedly attacked and harassed the rear team of the Taiping Army. Liang Litai, the commander of the palace, and Zhang Guoliang were repeatedly entangled, fighting and walking, and retreated all the way to Youxian. Because of Liang Litai's struggle, the Qing army was busy fighting for the credit of recovering Chenzhou, and it was more than ten days after the Taiping army left Chenzhou, the Qing army pioneer Zhang Guoliang stepped into Youxian.

The Taiping army behind the palace was pursued by Zhang Guoliang repeatedly, Liang Litai was very angry, and received the news that his mother Hu Damei was killed in Xiangyin on this day, he was even more angry, so he decided to concentrate his men and horses to completely defeat Zhang Guoliang and then catch up with the brigade and rush to Changsha.

On the same day, Liang Litai led the army to set up an ambush at Danling Bridge in Youxian County, Zhang Guoliang did not arrive, the Qing army Manchu general Chang Lu led the Qing army of 1,000 people to arrive first, Chang Lu first found the Taiping army ambushed in the field, sent the general Deliang to hide in the pine forest, and led the front team to pretend to be ambushed.

Liang Litai really hit the plan, more than 2,000 people came out from the oblique side, but was cut off by Deliang, and he didn't care about the beginning and the end, and the situation was critical, so he had to send a reserve team of 1,000 people to join the melee. At this time, they expected Zhang Guoliang, Wang Jinxiu and others to lead the army to arrive, Zhang Guoliang's troops were extremely fierce, good at using firearms, first with spray cans, fire cans to attack the Taiping army, and then rushed into the slashing and killing, the Taiping army could not resist, killed hundreds of people, retreated to Tanjia Village. That night, Zhang Guoliang had a poisonous plan, dug the river embankment, released water to flood Tanjia Village, the Taiping army suffered heavy losses, almost the whole army was annihilated, only Liang Litai and more than 100 Taiping troops escaped alive, and retreated to Changsha.

After Liang Litai and others fled back to Changsha, the South Road Tanma also returned to Changsha one after another, Zhang Guoliang chased after him, and had reoccupied Liling, and Xu Guangjin's brigade had passed through Youxian County, and the Qing army on the South Road was approaching Changsha one after another. After hearing the report, Yang Xiuqing did not punish Liang Litai, Wen Yan comforted him a few words, ordered him to go down to heal his wounds, and rushed to the camp outside Xiwang City, and summoned the generals to prepare to leave the team.

In the camp of the West King, in addition to the generals of the West Palace, Yang Xiuqing brought his uncle Lai Hanying, Luo Outline, Lu Shunde, Zeng Lichang, Chen Renbao, Xu Zongyang, Yang Fuqing, Lin Shaozhang and other generals to the camp.

After the generals sat down, Guozong Yang Fuqing got up and briefly said the movements of the Qing army, and the generals of the West Hall were not surprised. Last night, the scouts of the West Hall also returned to the army, and the secret agents of the Heaven and Earth Society also had news delivered, and Xiao Yungui, who couldn't sleep, simply convened the generals to discuss the military, because all the generals already knew the current situation.

After listening, Xiao Yungui, who was sitting at the bottom of Yang Xiuqing, hugged his fists and said: "Fourth brother, the Qing demon soldiers went to Liling, and the Qing Demon of the Wang Jialin Department of Liuyang in the north, and the Qing Demon of the Deng Shaoliang Department of Xiangtan were surrounded on three sides. When the Qing Demon ran back and forth to rescue, he looked for an opportunity to destroy the Qing Demon. The younger brother is willing to lead the 8,000 soldiers of the West Hall to the south to conquer in person, and the fourth brother will sit in Xiangtan or Changsha to attack, and he will definitely win a big victory. ”

This idea was decided last night after Xiao Yungui and Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's generals, the generals thought that the Qing army on the south road was powerful, there were many firearms, and it was a strong Qing demon that had been entangled with the Taiping army for a long time, especially Xiang Rong, Zhang Guoliang, Jiang Zhongyuan, He Chun and others were all old treacherous and cunning people, at the beginning of the Yong'an battle, Xiang Rong and other generals were step by step, and the Taiping army was entangled in danger, and gradually formed a strong camp as the basis for the encirclement network, besieging the Taiping army, zuihou caused the Yongan Taiping army to lack food, Had to be forced to break through.

In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, all the generals thought that they should take the initiative, jumped behind the Qing demon and launched an attack, involving the Qing army back and forth, and only during the march of the Qing army could they find a flaw and defeat the Qing army. If you still fight barracks or positional battles with the Qing army, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Taiping army. And Xiao Yungui was very satisfied with the strategy proposed by Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and others, which was a bit like the sports war fought by Taizu in later generations, annihilating the enemy in the movement. The Taiping army was a warrior who was good at walking mountain roads and running long distances, and compared with the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army, who had a lot of baggage, they still had an advantage in sports warfare.

Yang Xiuqing was still expressionless, and after thinking for a while, she said slowly: "Do the rest of the people have something to say?" ”

Luo Xuan got up and hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West is very good at this, but the young general thinks that His Royal Highness the King of the East should sit on the periphery of Changsha, and the young general of Xiangtan is willing to lead the troops to defend and respond to His Royal Highness the King of the West." ”

Luo Outline was originally the general of the West Palace, but in Chenzhou, when the West King led the troops to Changsha, he stayed, and when he went north, he was incorporated into the East Palace, but because he was born in the Heaven and Earth Society, Yang Xiuqing has never liked it, so he has been a little depressed, and this time he sent troops to Luo Outline intended to return to the West King.

Yang Xiuqing looked at Luo Xuan, slowly shook his head and said: "You and Lu Shunde stayed to prepare for the water camp, the Xiangjiang River waterway crisscrosses the land of Hunan and Chu, once the water camp can be completed, you can also respond to the soldiers and horses of the king of the west." In this way, the three of you, Zeng Lichang, Chen Renbao, and Xu Zongyang, led by Lai Hanying, the uncle of the country, sent out a team of 10,000 horses, and went south to attack Xiangtan together with the people of the West Palace. Yang Fuqing, Lin Shaozhang, you follow the rest of the people and horses of this king to guard the dangerous points in the south of Changsha City, such as the Miaofeng Peak, beware of the sneak attack of the Qing demon, and the camera is out of Liling. ”

Hearing this, all the generals stood up together to receive the order, followed Yang Xiuqing to signal the generals to sit down, and said slowly: "Now the war is imminent, but the banner people and demons in the city have not had time to get rid of them, just at noon today, all of them went to the bank of the Xiangjiang River to kill the sacrificial flag, and after the sacrificial flag, the army immediately went south!" ”

Speaking of this, Yang Xiuqing looked at Xiao Yungui and said: "There are more soldiers and horses in the West Palace, so the recruits in the West Hall will hold the swords, so that they can see some blood before the battle." ”

Xiao Yungui was already going to send troops, and Yang Xiuqing asked him to slaughter the banner people should also be avoided, but he didn't expect Yang Xiuqing to bring up the old matter again at this time, and it seemed to be a direct order. Thinking of the discussion with Huang Weizheng's father and son last night, he knew that he must not carry this butcher knife. Back then, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, killed 400,000 Qin troops, although he destroyed the Qin Dynasty, but Zuihou lost the hearts of the people, and he Xiao Yungui didn't want to bear the name of a butcher. And to be honest, there are many unarmed old and weak women and children among the banner people, and they really can't do it, and Xiao Yungui is struggling at the moment.

Yang Xiuqing frowned slightly, and ordered the generals to retreat and prepare their own soldiers and horses, leaving only him and Xiao Yungui in the tent.

After being silent for a moment, Yang Xiuqing said slightly: "Chaogui, what are your concerns?" Why do you keep pushing back on this? It's not like you've used to. ”

Xiao Yungui said to Ai Ai: "Fourth brother, after all, there are still many old and weak women and children among those banner people, and the younger brother really can't do it." Moreover, these banner people live in Hunan and are no different from Hunan people, and the younger brother is worried that killing them will lose the hearts of Hunan people. ”

Yang Xiuqing said coldly with a straight face: "It turns out that you are soft-hearted, since we have embarked on the road of rebellion and killing officials, we can't be merciful in order to eradicate these demons." If you lead thousands of troops and horses, you must harden your heart, and the art of war has Yun Ci not in charge of the army! The banner people are the foundation of the Manchu demons, how can they defeat the Qing demons without killing them? Moreover, these banner people rely on their identity as banner people, they have always been fighting for the tiger, and they are rampant in the township, and you kill them to eliminate harm to the Hunan people! As for why we want to kill those old and weak women and children, it is to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, so as not to leave future troubles! ”

Xiao Yungui couldn't help but say: "But there are so many banner people in the world, are they really all killed?" Can we kill it all? ”

Yang Xiuqing said coldly: "This king doesn't plan to kill them all, but one thing is to kill the flag people until they are cold and afraid!" Let them know who is the master of the world, and at that time, as long as the flag people are soft, my heavenly kingdom will naturally make an exception and accept them. But before killing the prestige of the banner man for two hundred years, this king will not stop! You can't stop! ”

The chilling words made Xiao Yungui shudder, could it be that killing people could make people soft? Xiao Yungui didn't know the answer for the time being, but he seemed to feel in his heart that killing to stop killing didn't seem to be the best policy, but at the moment he really couldn't find the words to refute Yang Xiuqing.